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

[<ma...@mj...>]

On 3 Apr 01, at 7:58, Ron Hall wrote:

> 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? 
Incorrect password.
> 
>  BTW do I need to escape ! character if it appears in the
>  plaintext password?
No, you shouldn't. I haven't tried a ! in the password before but it 
should be allowed.
> 
>  I do not have this problem with either my PMDF directory server
>  or OpenLDAP.
Are you sure they're all the same passwords?

> 
>  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.
that could be your problem :)
> 
>  So would there be something else blocking a bind as the
>  "Directory Manager" which IS defined as the rootdn in the
>  LDAP DB?
What's the error message being returned? If it's 49 then it's 
incorrect password, it could be that you've got the wrong DN for the 
Directory Manager (normally it's cn=Directory Manager). 

Mark
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Mark Wilcox
ma...@mj...
Got LDAP?