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109 lines
3.0 KiB
Groff
.TH LDAP_OPEN 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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.\" $OpenLDAP$
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.\" Copyright 1998-2007 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
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.SH NAME
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ldap_init, ldap_initialize, ldap_open \- Initialize the LDAP library and open a connection to an LDAP server
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.SH LIBRARY
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OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
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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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LDAP *ldap_open(host, port)
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.ft
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char *host;
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int port;
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.LP
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.ft B
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LDAP *ldap_init(host, port)
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.ft
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char *host;
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int port;
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.LP
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.ft B
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int ldap_initialize(ldp, uri)
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.ft
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LDAP **ldp;
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char *uri;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
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.B ldap_open()
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opens a connection to an LDAP server and allocates an LDAP
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structure which is used to identify
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the connection and to maintain per-connection information.
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.B ldap_init()
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allocates an LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection.
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.B ldap_initialize()
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allocates an LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection. One
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of these three routines must be called before any operations are attempted.
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.LP
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.B ldap_open()
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takes \fIhost\fP, the hostname on which the LDAP server is
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running, and \fIport\fP, the port number to which to connect. If the default
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IANA-assigned port of 389 is desired, LDAP_PORT should be specified for
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\fIport\fP. The \fIhost\fP parameter may contain a blank-separated list
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of hosts to try to connect to, and each host may optionally by of the form
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\fIhost:port\fP. If present, the \fI:port\fP overrides the \fIport\fP
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parameter to
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.BR ldap_open() .
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Upon successfully making a connection to an
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LDAP server,
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.B ldap_open()
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returns a pointer to an opaque LDAP structure, which should be passed
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to subsequent calls to
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.BR ldap_bind() ,
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.BR ldap_search() ,
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etc. Certain fields in the LDAP structure can be set to indicate size limit,
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time limit, and how aliases are handled during operations; read and write access
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to those fields must occur by calling
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.BR ldap_get_option (3)
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and
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.BR ldap_set_option (3)
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respectively, whenever possible.
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.LP
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.B
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ldap_init()
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acts just like
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.BR ldap_open() ,
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but does not open a connection
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to the LDAP server. The actual connection open will occur when the
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first operation is attempted.
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.LP
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.B ldap_initialize()
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acts like
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.BR ldap_init() ,
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but it returns an integer indicating either success or the failure reason,
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and it allows to specify details for the connection in the schema portion
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of the URI.
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.LP
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At this time,
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.B ldap_open()
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and
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.B ldap_init()
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are deprecated in favor of
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.BR ldap_initialize() ,
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essentially because the latter allows to specify a schema in the URI
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and it explicitly returns an error code.
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.SH ERRORS
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If an error occurs,
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.B ldap_open()
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and
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.B ldap_init()
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will return NULL and errno should be set appropriately.
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.B ldap_initialize()
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will directly return the LDAP code associated to the error (or
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.I LDAP_SUCCESS
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in case of success);
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errno should be set as well whenever appropriate.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ldap (3),
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.BR ldap_bind (3),
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.BR ldap_get_option (3),
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.BR ldap_set_option (3),
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.BR errno (3)
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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.so ../Project
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