The following examples demonstrate comparing Babs Jensen's UID. The following example uses a matching UID value. $ ldapcompare -p 1389 uid:bjensen uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com Comparing type uid with value bjensen in entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com Compare operation returned true for entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com The following example uses a UID value that does not match. $ ldapcompare -p 1389 uid:beavis uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com Comparing type uid with value beavis in entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com Compare operation returned false for entry uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com