Re: ldap->ping?

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

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 07:16:06AM -0700, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> 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

In which case the error code should indicate that.

> to an LDAPv2 server which has (improperly) instantiated
> an entry at the root.

That could be an issue.

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

With that I agree.

I suppose the question to ask is if these kind of operations are common
enough to capture them in utility functions. Each function may have
side-effects which should be documented.

Graham.