Re: Simultaneous Authentications?

[Chris R. <chr...@me...>]

Eric Nichols <eni...@cp...> wrote:

> I'm trying to authenticate to 2 different servers at the same time.
>
> I can bind and authenticate to the first , but can only bind to the
> second. The script hangs when it trys to perform the second
> authentication.  I am using a different variable for each bind ($source &
> $dest).
> Help?
> Thanks
> Eric
>
>

Hm, in LDAP binding *is* authenticating.

The Net::LDAP::new method just creates a (TCP) connection to the LDAP 
server, it doesn't send any LDAP operations.

The Net::LDAP::bind method does the authentication, using LDAP operations.

Given the rest of your description then, you've effectively created 2 LDAP 
objects (via new), have bound using one object, but binding using the 
second  object doesn't work.

Something like this, in other words:

my ($ldap1,$ldap2,$res1,$res2,$code1,$code2);
$ldap1 = new Net::LDAP('server1') or die;
$ldap2 = new Net::LDAp('server2') or die;
$res1 = $ldap1->bind(dn => 'some dn', password => 'some pwd') or die;
$code1 = $res1->code;
die "Binding to server1 failed ($code1)\n" if $code1;
$res2 = $ldap2->bind(dn => 'other dn', password => 'other pwd') or die;
$code2 = $res2->code;
die "Binding to server2 failed ($code2)\n" if $code2;

Which line does it hang at?

Do you know if your LDAP server can support multiple binds from the same 
address?

Cheers,

Chris