The following excerpt is from a Perl script that reads a LDAP database and writes a LDIF file: $ldap =Net::LDAP->new( 'ldap.server.com' ); $mesg = $ldap->bind( 'cn=incadmin,o=inc', password => 'secret

`$mesg = $ldap->search(base => 'o=inc',);` is incomplete as it lacks a scope and filter, making it an ineffective or potentially problematic search for a full export.

Using `scope => 'one'` limits the search to only the immediate children of the base DN, which would not retrieve the entire subtree required for a comprehensive LDIF export.

This snippet correctly specifies `base => 'o=inc'` as the starting point, `scope => 'sub'` to ensure the search includes the base DN and all its subordinates, and `filter => '(objectclass=*)'` to match and retrieve all entries that possess any object class, which is suitable for exporting an entire LDAP branch.

`recursive => 'yes'` is not a standard parameter for the `Net::LDAP` search method; the correct parameter for a recursive search of a subtree is `scope => 'sub'`.