=head1 Introduction This is a sample Perl module for the OpenLDAP server slapd. It also contains the documentation that you will need to get up and going. WARNING: the interfaces of this backen to the perl module MAY change. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. =head1 Overview The Perl back end works by embedding a Perl interpreter into the slapd backend. Then when the configuration file indicates that we are going to be using a Perl backend it will get an option that tells it what module to use. It then creates a new Perl object that handles all the request for that particular instance of the back end. =head1 Interface You will need to create a method for each one of the following actions that you wish to handle. * new # Creates a new object. * search # Performs the ldap search * compare # does a compare * modify # modify's and entry * add # adds an entry to back end * modrdn # modifies a an entries rdn * delete # deletes an ldap entry * config # process unknow config file lines =head2 new This method is called when the config file encounters a B line. The module in that line is then effectively used into the perl interpreter, then the new method is called to create a new object. Note that multiple instances of that object may be instantiated, as with any perl object. The new method doesn't receive any arguments other than the class name. RETURN: =head2 search This method is called when a search request comes from a client. It arguments are as follow. * obj reference * filter string * size limit * time limit * attributes only flag ( 1 for yes ) * list of attributes that are to be returned. (could be empty) RETURN: =head2 compare This method is called when a compare request comes from a client. Its arguments are as follows. * obj reference * dn RETURN: =head2 modify This method is called when a modify request comes from a client. Its arguments are as follows. * obj reference * dn * lists formatted as follows { ADD | DELETE | REPLACE }, key, value RETURN: =head2 add This method is called when a add request comes from a client. Its arguments are as follows. * obj reference * entry in string format. RETURN: =head2 modrdn This method is called when a modrdn request comes from a client. Its arguments are as follows. * obj reference * dn * new rdn * delete old dn flage ( 1 means yes ) RETURN: =head2 delete This method is called when a delete request comes from a client. Its arguments are as follows. * obj reference * dn RETURN: =head2 config * obj reference * arrray of arguments on line RETURN: non zero value if this is not a valid option. =head1 Configuration The perl section of the config file recognizes the following options. It should also be noted that any option not recoginized will be sent to the B method of the perl module as noted above. database perl # startn section for the perl database suffix "o=AnyOrg, c=US" perlModulePath /path/to/libs # addes the path to @INC variable same # as "use lib '/path/to/libs'" perlModule ModName # use the module name ModName from ModName.pm =cut package SampleLDAP; use POSIX; sub new { my $class = shift; my $this = {}; bless $this, $class; print STDERR "Here in new\n"; print STDERR "Posix Var " . BUFSIZ . " and " . FILENAME_MAX . "\n"; return $this; } sub search { my $this = shift; my( $filterStr, $sizeLim, $timeLim, $attrOnly, @attrs ) = @_; print STDERR "====$filterStr====\n"; $filterStr =~ s/\(|\)//g; $filterStr =~ s/=/: /; my @match_dn = (); foreach my $dn ( keys %$this ) { if ( $this->{ $dn } =~ /$filterStr/im ) { push @match_dn, $dn; last if ( scalar @match_dn == $sizeLim ); } } my @match_entries = (); foreach my $dn ( @match_dn ) { push @match_entries, $this->{ $dn }; } return ( 0 , @match_entries ); } sub compare { my $this = shift; my ( $dn ) = @_; return 1; } sub modify { my $this = shift; my ( $dn, @list ) = @_; while ( @list > 0 ) { my $action = shift @list; my $key = shift @list; my $value = shift @list; if( $action eq "ADD" ) { $this->{ $dn } .= "$key: $value\n"; } elsif( $action eq "DELETE" ) { $this->{ $dn } =~ s/^$key:\s*$value\n//mi ; } elsif( $action eq "REPLACE" ) { $this->{ $dn } =~ s/$key: .*$/$key: $value/im ; } } return 0; } sub add { my $this = shift; my ( $entryStr ) = @_; my ( $dn ) = ( $entryStr =~ /dn:\s(.*)$/m ); # # This needs to be here untill a normalize dn is # passed to this routine. # $dn = uc( $dn ); $dn =~ s/\s*//g; $this->{$dn} = $entryStr; return 0; } sub modrdn { my $this = shift; my ( $dn, $newdn, $delFlag ) = @_; $this->{ $newdn } = $this->{ $dn }; if( $delFlag ) { delete $this->{ $dn }; } return 0; } sub delete { my $this = shift; my ( $dn ) = @_; print STDERR "XXXXXX $dn XXXXXXX\n"; delete $this->{$dn}; } sub config { my $this = shift; my ( @args ) = @_; local $, = " - "; print STDERR @args; print STDERR "\n"; return 0; } 1;