Re: $ldap->add hangs...

[Brad D. <br...@Di...>]

This appears to be an issue when trying to perform an LDAP operation
in the context of an open,while,close loop of reading through an input
file.  When I comment out the open,while,close loop, the entry gets
added
just fine.  However, when I put it back in the context of a input file
loop,
the LDAP update function hangs.

Here is sample code to illustrate what I am doing...

if (-f "$opt_f") {

   #
   # Establish LDAP connection to directory service
   #
   $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($opt_h, port=> $opt_p) 
      or die "Can't connect to LDAP server $opt_h:$opt_p\n";

   $ldap->bind($opt_D, password => $opt_w) 
      or print "Can't bind to LDAP server as $opt_D";

   open(INPUTFILE, "< $opt_f");
      while (<INPUTFILE>) {
         #
         # Parse the comma delimited file
         #
         ($last_name,$first_name) = split(/\,/, $_);

         #
         # Add each entry to the directory
         #
         $mycn = "$first_name $last_name";
         $dn = "cn=$mycn, $opt_b";

         print "Adding $first_name, $last_name, $email1 to $opt_h:$opt_p
via $opt_D:$opt_w\n";

         $entry = Net::LDAP::Entry->new();

         $entry->dn("$dn");
         $entry->changetype('add');
         $entry->add('cn' => "$mycn");
         $entry->add('objectclass' => ['top', 'person', 
'organizationalPerson', 'inetOrgPerson']);
         $entry->add('sn' => "$last_name");
         $entry->add('givenName' => "$first_name") if defined
$first_name;

         #
         # Apply the update
         #
         $result = $entry->update($ldap);
         die "Error: Add failed -> " . $result->error() . "\n" if
$result->code();

         print "Finished Adding " . $entry->dn() . " with result
$result->code\n";
      }
   close(INPUTFILE);
   $ldap->unbind();
}

Anybody know whats wrong or if there are any workarounds.  Ideally,
I would prefer not creating large arrays that I would use to replay the
updates through.

Thanks in advance,
Brad


On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 10:04, Brad Diggs wrote:
> I have performed numerous tests using various methods of adding
> entries from an input file using open.  The hang always occurs 
> when the entry update is applied.  The problem is that the update
> is never applied.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this problem before?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Brad