Re: chasing referrals

[Mark W. <mew...@un...>]

I agree with Chris. Auto-chasing referrals at the API level can cause a
lot of headaches and problems.

Mark

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Chris Ridd wrote:

> Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:27:49PM -0700, Robbie Allen wrote:
> >> Can Net::LDAP automatically chase referrals?  Sample code?
> > 
> > Not yet. Currently you have to follow them yourself. You can
> > get them with
> > 
> >   $mesg = $ldap->search( ... );
> >   @referrals = $mesg->referrals;
> > 
> > Graham.
> 
> I'm not sure Net::LDAP should ever automatically follow referrals - not
> knowing what authentication to use is a pretty major problem. Deciding
> which one to follow if there are several for the same point is another
> (equally critical in some environments) problem.
> 
> Referral following is something that needs to be addressed in the
> application (eg GUI) rather than down at the API level. IMHO of course.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
>