Re: [Fwd] Net::LDAP api talking to Netscape Directory server

[Ron H. <th...@cc...>]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 ma...@mj... wrote:

> How the password is stored on the LDAP server is inconsiquential 
> when using simple bind. 
> 
> you pass the DN and plain text password regardless:
> 
> $ldap->bind($dn,password => "mypassword");


	OK, then why would it fail to bind? 

	BTW do I need to escape ! character if it appears in the
	plaintext password?

	I do not have this problem with either my PMDF directory server
	or OpenLDAP.

	I don't own the LDAP server it is physically in another
	building running on NT and the person who administers it
	in technically not quite there yet, so he doesn't know where
	everything is and the person who set it up is long gone.

	So would there be something else blocking a bind as the
	"Directory Manager" which IS defined as the rootdn in the
	LDAP DB?