Re: query on ldap->bind & ldap->compare

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 11:19:51AM +0100, tim fulcher wrote:
> 
> 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).

Can you post the code you use to bind and how you check that the bind
succeeded.

> 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()
>      );

This will comapre the value of seedfile with $self->seedfile() 

> Can you not supply supply multiple attributes to a compare operation ?

No, LDAP only supports the compare of a single attribute at a time.

> 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?

That is because seedfile does compare

Graham.