"Michael Ströder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I'd be interested which LDAP clients the original poster is 
> working with and which problems he experienced.

WebLogic is the application in question. WebLogic allows us to define 
Authenticators (code that connects to the LDAP server). Once an Authenticator 
is defined, WebLogic offers a UI where all users and groups can be listed. 

The group listing fails because of some code in WebLogic that tries to find the 
description of a group. They have a generic function getdescription() that is 
used for both users and groups. It ends up searching for the group in the user 
base DN. And our LDAP returns an Error 32.

As far as I can tell, WebLogic should not be searching for the group in the 
user context. But it is doing that. By the same token, the LDAP should not 
return LDAP Error 32. But it is doing that. And, together, the twain are 
resulting in the user seeing a stack trace instead of the Group listing.

This puts me in a tough predicament. Both parties have a plausible argument. 
WebLogic complains that the LDAP is not standards compliant. And LDAP complains 
that WebLogic should not search for groups in the user DN. And if it does, it 
should handle/ignore the error.

All - I really appreciate the various pointers I have received from this 
wonderful community. 

Thank you,
Sharad

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