I understand the order, which I have read in the man page that you have mentioned. What I'm not clear on, and what is not detailed in the respective man page, is whether or not ldap_init()/ldap_initailize() will use ldap.conf or the respective environment variables.
Thanks, Frank On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/30/16 10:19 -0400, Frank Crow wrote: > >> I'm not clear on whether I'm allowed to ask "C" API questions here. If >> not, I apologize in advance and please disregard in that case. However, >> the question is more about configuration than coding. >> >> I'm seeing that the ldap_init() function allows the hostname parameter to >> be null or a list of hosts. If it is null, the function attempts to >> determine the default ldap host. >> >> How does it determine the default LDAP host when the hostname parameter is >> null? Does it load the list of hosts from the ldap.conf URI parameter? >> And/or does it use the LDAPURI environment variable? >> > > The order is detailed in the ldap.conf manpage, within the DESCRIPTION > section. > > -- > Dan White > -- Frank
