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.TH LDAP_GET_DN 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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1999-09-12 12:41:47 +08:00
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.\" $OpenLDAP$
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.\" Copyright 1998-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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1999-09-12 12:41:47 +08:00
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.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
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1998-08-09 08:43:13 +08:00
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.SH NAME
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ldap_get_dn, ldap_explode_dn, ldap_explode_rdn, ldap_dn2ufn \- LDAP DN handling routines
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2002-06-21 15:32:54 +08:00
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.SH LIBRARY
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OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
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1998-08-09 08:43:13 +08:00
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.ft B
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#include <ldap.h>
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.LP
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.ft B
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2001-07-23 12:12:58 +08:00
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char *ldap_get_dn( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry )
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.LP
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.ft B
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2002-06-18 06:45:34 +08:00
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int ldap_str2dn( const char *str, LDAPDN **dn, unsigned flags )
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.LP
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.ft B
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int ldap_dn2str( LDAPDN *dn, char **str, unsigned flags )
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.LP
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.ft B
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2001-07-23 12:12:58 +08:00
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char **ldap_explode_dn( const char *dn, int notypes )
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.LP
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.ft B
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2001-07-23 12:12:58 +08:00
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char **ldap_explode_rdn( const char *rdn, int notypes )
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2001-06-12 04:45:06 +08:00
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.LP
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.ft B
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2001-07-23 12:12:58 +08:00
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char *ldap_dn2ufn( const char * dn )
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2001-10-29 16:05:23 +08:00
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.LP
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.ft B
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char *ldap_dn2dcedn( const char * dn )
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.LP
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.ft B
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char *ldap_dcedn2dn( const char * dn )
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.LP
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.ft B
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char *ldap_dn2ad_canonical( const char * dn )
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1998-08-09 08:43:13 +08:00
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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These routines allow LDAP entry names (Distinguished Names, or DNs)
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to be obtained, parsed, converted to a user-friendly form, and tested.
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2000-09-02 06:10:19 +08:00
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A DN has the form described in
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RFC 2253 "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3):
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UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names".
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.LP
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The
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.B ldap_get_dn()
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routine takes an \fIentry\fP as returned by
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.BR ldap_first_entry (3)
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or
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.BR ldap_next_entry (3)
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and returns a copy of
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the entry's DN. Space for the DN will be obtained dynamically
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and should be freed by the caller using
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.BR ldap_memfree (3).
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.LP
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2001-10-29 16:05:23 +08:00
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.B ldap_str2dn()
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parses a string representation of a distinguished name contained in
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.B str
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into its components,
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which are stored in
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.B dn
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as
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.B ldap_ava
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structures, arranged in
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.B LDAPAVA,
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.B LDAPRDN,
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and
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.B LDAPDN
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terms, defined as:
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.nf
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.ft B
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typedef struct ldap_ava {
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char *la_attr;
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struct berval *la_value;
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unsigned la_flags;
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} LDAPAVA;
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typedef LDAPAVA** LDAPRDN;
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typedef LDAPRDN** LDAPDN;
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.ft
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.fi
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The attribute types and the attribute values are not normalized.
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The
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.B la_flags
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can be either
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.B LDAP_AVA_STRING
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or
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.B LDAP_AVA_BINARY,
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the latter meaning that the value is BER/DER encoded and thus must
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be represented as, quoting from RFC 2253, " ... an
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octothorpe character ('#' ASCII 35) followed by the hexadecimal
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representation of each of the bytes of the BER encoding of the X.500
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AttributeValue."
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The
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.B flags
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parameter to
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.B ldap_str2dn()
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can be
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.LP
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.nf
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LDAP_DN_FORMAT_LDAPV3
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LDAP_DN_FORMAT_LDAPV2
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LDAP_DN_FORMAT_DCE
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.fi
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which defines what DN syntax is expected (according to RFC 2253,
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RFC 1779 and DCE, respectively).
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The format can be \fIOR\fPed to the flags
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.LP
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.nf
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LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACES
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LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACE_AFTER_RDN
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...
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LDAP_DN_PEDANTIC
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.fi
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The latter is a shortcut for all the previous limitations.
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.LP
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.B LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACES
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does not allow extra spaces in the dn; the default is to silently
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eliminate spaces around AVA separators ('='), RDN component separators
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('+' for LDAPv3/LDAPv2 or ',' for DCE) and RDN separators
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(',' LDAPv3/LDAPv2 or '/' for DCE).
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.LP
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.B LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACE_AFTER_RDN
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does not allow a single space after RDN separators.
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.LP
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.B ldap_dn2str()
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performs the inverse operation, yielding in
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.B str
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a string representation of
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.B dn.
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It allows the same values for
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.B flags
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as
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.B ldap_str2dn(),
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plus
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.LP
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.nf
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LDAP_DN_FORMAT_UFN
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LDAP_DN_FORMAT_AD_CANONICAL
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.fi
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for user-friendly naming (RFC 1781) and AD canonical.
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.LP
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The following routines are viewed as deprecated in favor of
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.B ldap_str2dn()
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and
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.BR ldap_dn2str().
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They are provided to support legacy applications.
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.LP
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The
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.B ldap_explode_dn()
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routine takes a DN as returned by
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.B ldap_get_dn()
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and breaks it up into its component parts. Each part is known as a
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Relative Distinguished Name, or RDN.
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.B ldap_explode_dn()
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returns a
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NULL-terminated array, each component of which contains an RDN from the
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DN. The \fInotypes\fP parameter is used to request that only the RDN
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values be returned, not their types. For example, the DN "cn=Bob,
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c=US" would return as either { "cn=Bob", "c=US", NULL } or { "Bob",
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"US", NULL }, depending on whether notypes was 0 or 1, respectively.
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Assertion values in RDN strings may included escaped characters.
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The result can be freed by calling
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.BR ldap_value_free (3).
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.LP
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Similarly, the
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.B ldap_explode_rdn()
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routine takes an RDN as returned by
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.B ldap_explode_dn(dn,0)
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and breaks it up into its "type=value" component parts (or just "value",
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if the \fInotypes\fP parameter is set). Note the value is not
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unescaped. The result can be freed by calling
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.BR ldap_value_free (3).
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.LP
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.B ldap_dn2ufn()
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is used to turn a DN as returned by
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.BR ldap_get_dn (3)
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into a more user-friendly form, stripping off all type names. See
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"Using the Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming" (RFC 1781)
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for more details on the UFN format. Due to the ambiguous nature
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of the format, it is generally only used for display purposes.
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The space for the UFN returned is obtained dynamically and the user
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is responsible for freeing it via a call to
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.BR ldap_memfree (3).
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.LP
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.B ldap_dn2dcedn()
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is used to turn a DN as returned by
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.BR ldap_get_dn (3)
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into a DCE-style DN, e.g. a string with most-significant to least
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significant rdns separated by slashes ('/'); rdn components
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are separated by commas (',').
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Only printable chars (e.g. LDAPv2 printable string) are allowed,
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at least in this implementation.
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.B ldap_dcedn2dn()
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performs the opposite operation.
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.B ldap_dn2ad_canonical()
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turns a DN into a AD canonical name, which is basically a DCE dn
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with attribute types omitted.
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The trailing domain, if present, is turned in a DNS-like domain.
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The space for the returned value is obtained dynamically and the user
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is responsible for freeing it via a call to
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.BR ldap_memfree (3).
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.SH ERRORS
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If an error occurs in
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.BR ldap_get_dn() ,
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NULL is returned and the
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.B ld_errno
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field in the \fIld\fP parameter is set to indicate the error. See
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.BR ldap_error (3)
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for a description of possible error codes.
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.BR ldap_explode_dn() ,
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.BR ldap_explode_rdn() ,
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.B ldap_dn2ufn(),
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.B ldap_dn2dcedn(),
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.B ldap_dcedn2dn(),
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and
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.B ldap_dn2ad_canonical()
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will return NULL with
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.BR errno (3)
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set appropriately in case of trouble.
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.SH NOTES
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These routines dynamically allocate memory that the caller must free.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ldap (3),
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.BR ldap_error (3),
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.BR ldap_first_entry (3),
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.BR ldap_memfree (3),
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.BR ldap_value_free (3)
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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.B OpenLDAP
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is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
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.B OpenLDAP
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is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
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