No event is fiered when invalid UID is used (when no match found)

[dpvenkatesh]

[SUB: No event is fiered when invalid UID is used (when no match found)]
Hi,
I am not able catch any event for non existing user.

For valid user I AM able to CATCH result.on('searchEntry' ,function()

//email = ddd.p@xxxxx.com
username = ddd.p
opts = {
    filter: '(&(uid=' + username + ')(objectclass=posixAccount))',
    attributes: ['dn', 'cn', 'mail', 'gidNumber'],
    scope: 'sub'
};



client.search('dc=xxxxx,dc=com', opts, function (error, result, nxt) {
    if (error) {
       //err
    }

    result.on('searchEntry', function (entry) {
        client.bind(entry.dn, password, function (err) {
        if (err === null) {
          //valid user
        }
        });
     });

 });

I have gone through documentation but didnt found a way to do it,

Please guide me how can I handle.

p.s. : if username is valid, inside "searchEntry" I can check for valid password. but I counld find a way to capture invalid username

[pfmooney]

Because search yields an emitter, you must also subscribe to the error event there.

[dpvenkatesh]

I do subscribed to error , as per documentation error event will be fired only if any network issues or similar issues, not on successful code execution.

however I used a work around for this problem,

var isUserExist = false; // flag

//email = ddd.p@xxxxx.com
username = ddd.p
opts = {
    filter: '(&(uid=' + username + ')(objectclass=posixAccount))',
    attributes: ['dn', 'cn', 'mail', 'gidNumber'],
    scope: 'sub'
};



client.search('dc=xxxxx,dc=com', opts, function (error, result, nxt) {
    if (error) {
       //err
    }
    result.on('searchEntry', function (entry) {

        isUserExist = true; // searchEntry fired IFF match found

        client.bind(entry.dn, password, function (err) {
        if (err === null) {
          //valid user
        }
        });
     });

    result.on(end, function(err){
         if(!isUserExist){
             console.log("user not found");
         }
    });
 });

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