Re: ldap->ping?

[Kurt D. Z. <Ku...@Op...>]

At 02:30 PM 7/28/00 +0100, Graham Barr wrote:
>Well if you cannot get a root DSE, assume version 2

That's actually a bad assumption.  You may just not have
permission to access the root DSE or you may be talking
to an LDAPv2 server which has (improperly) instantiated
an entry at the root.

A better option is to use bind to determine if the
directory supports the version you desire.

Kurt