Re: chasing referrals

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

Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:27:49PM -0700, Robbie Allen wrote:
>> Can Net::LDAP automatically chase referrals?  Sample code?
> 
> Not yet. Currently you have to follow them yourself. You can
> get them with
> 
>   $mesg = $ldap->search( ... );
>   @referrals = $mesg->referrals;
> 
> Graham.

I'm not sure Net::LDAP should ever automatically follow referrals - not
knowing what authentication to use is a pretty major problem. Deciding
which one to follow if there are several for the same point is another
(equally critical in some environments) problem.

Referral following is something that needs to be addressed in the
application (eg GUI) rather than down at the API level. IMHO of course.

Cheers,

Chris