From: Lars T. <la...@th...> - 2001-11-28 07:35:14
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From: "Terry Davis" <td...@bi...> > I feel a need to chase referrals. I am getting the idea that this is > not default behavior for perl-ldap. How can I make this happen for me? You right - this is not default behaviour. The overall consensus is that it must be up to the application, when and how to chase referrals. Especially authentication against the referred-to server needs to done carefully. Basically, you're on your own. One point, though: LDAPv2 doesn't handle referrals very elegantly - the response code for a referral is LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS, which is also used for - you guessed it - partial results... LDAPv3 has much better granularity, and a specific LDAP_REFERRAL return code. > Terry /Lars |