query on ldap->bind & ldap->compare

[tim f. <ful...@dr...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to write a class which registers and subsequently checks
itself against a LDAP server.

Firstly, I seem to be able to bind to the server OK when I supply a dn
for an object that doesn't yet exist, which seems to be contradictory to
trying, say a command line ldapsearch using the same dn as a bind
argument. (that gives no such object).

So once I've bound OK, I do a search based on the cn, and if just one
entry comes back I do the compare on it as follows:

      $cr = $self->{ldap}->compare ( $self->{searchresult}->entry(0) ,
       attr => 'port', value => $self->port(),
       attr => 'ipaddress', value => $self->ipaddress(),
       attr => 'seedfile', value =>$self->seedfile()
     );

print "compare returned code: ", $cr->code, " & error: ", $cr->error,
"\n";

Can you not supply supply multiple attributes to a compare operation ?
When I run this I get compare true (code 6), even though as shown below,
my object attributes differ. When I run compare with just one attribute
it right gives a false result. Will I have to do the compare for each
attribute separately?

The output fragment below prints out its attributes, does a search and
if 1 entry returned, calls the code above.

> ldaptest.pl

service foob
port 8190
ip 132.146.3.99
seedfile /tmp/cdb
mdn is cn='foob',dc='nip',dc='services'
bind returned code: 0 & error:

query = (cn=foob)
search returned code: 0 & error:

------------------------------------------------------------------------

dn:cn=foob, dc=nip, dc=services

cn: foob
port: 8192
description: guinea pig
seedfile: /tmp/cdb
ipaddress: 132.146.3.78
userpassword: {md5}0IcaK1PGLeXgRv7eQvP3qw==
objectclass: AppServer

search returned code: 0 & error:
I found me
compare returned code: 6 & error:


btw, I'm using openldap 1.2.9. My db  ACL is  access * by self write by
* read

cheers


Tim