I have a general question on how the first parts of the connect (the new() and
bind()) calls should be used.
The first question is on the usage of the new method. Now, I'm assuming that
new() is actually trying to establish a connection to the server, so if that
fails then the server is unavailable? The reason I ask is that we have several
LDAP servers that I want to perform searches against, if one is down then move
on to the next, if they're all down, explode.
Is this the correct way to perform the new():
if ( $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($host, => timeout=>$timeout,
version=>$ldapver)) {
logmsg("$name: established LDAP connection to $host");
} else {
logmsg("$name: FAILED to estblish LDAP connection to $host");
return(0);
}
Now, for the bind() call. Does it return true/false or do I need to evaluate
the code() or error() from it? In the same code, I'm doing this:
if ( $mesg = $ldap->bind( $binddn, password => $bindpw ) ) {
logmsg("$name: successful bind to $conn");
} else {
logmsg("$name: FAILED to bind to LDAP server $conn as $binddn");
logmsg("$name: LDAP error code is " . $ldap->code);
logmsg("$name: LDAP error text is " . $ldap->error);
return(0);
}
then I do this:
if ( $mesg->code ) {
logmsg("$name: FAILED to bind to $conn");
logmsg("$name: LDAP error is: " . $mesg->error);
return(0);
} else {
logmsg("$name: bind was successful");
logmsg("$name: performing search");
}
Is the second part just overly redundant?
Any clarification on how new() and bind() actually work would be wonderful.
Pointers to other resources or answers would be great. Did the perldoc on it,
got me this far..
Thanks in advance,
Darren Young
Senior UNIX Administrator
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
http://www.chicagogsb.edu
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