Here is the client side session...

shell/iX> ldapadd -p 1234 -D cn=root,o=hp,c=DE -w secret
dn: o=hp,c=DE
objectclass: organization

adding new entry o=hp,c=DE

dn: cn=lars,o=hp,c=de
objectclass: person
email: me@home

adding new entry cn=lars,o=hp,c=de

:eod

shell/iX> ldapsearch -?

ldapsearch: Unknown option -?
usage: ldapsearch [options] filter [attributes...]
where:
    filter      RFC-1558 compliant LDAP search filter
    attributes  whitespace-separated list of attributes to retrieve
                (if no attribute list is given, all are retrieved)
options:
    -n          show what would be done but don't actually search
    -v          run in verbose mode (diagnostics to standard output)
    -t          write values to files in /tmp
    -u          include User Friendly entry names in the output
    -A          retrieve attribute names only (no values)
    -B          do not suppress printing of non-ASCII values
    -L          print entries in LDIF format (-B is implied)
    -R          do not automatically follow referrals
    -d level    set LDAP debugging level to `level'
    -F sep      print `sep' instead of `=' between attribute names and values
    -S attr     sort the results by attribute `attr'
    -f file     perform sequence of searches listed in `file'
    -b basedn   base dn for search
    -s scope    one of base, one, or sub (search scope)
    -a deref    one of never, always, search, or find (alias dereferencing)
    -l time lim time limit (in seconds) for search
    -z size lim size limit (in entries) for search
    -D binddn   bind dn
    -w passwd   bind passwd (for simple authentication)
    -h host     ldap server
    -p port     port on ldap server

shell/iX> ldapsearch -p 1234 -b o=hp,c=de 'objectclass=*'

o=hp,c=DE
objectclass=organization

cn=lars,o=hp,c=de
objectclass=person
email=me@home

shell/iX> ldapsearch -p 1234 -b o=hp,c=de objectclass=person

cn=lars,o=hp,c=de
objectclass=person
email=me@home

shell/iX> ldapsearch -p 1234 -b o=hp,c=de objectclass=person email

cn=lars,o=hp,c=de
email=me@home

shell/iX> kill -s HUP `cat var/slapd.pid`