RE: Question about comparing perl variables to LDAP values...

[Tom J. <tj...@do...>]

Sure,

Just assign the return from #ldap->modify to something:

$mesg = $ldap->modify( dn => $dn, replace => $dataref);

You can then get the return code with:

$result = $msg->code();

If $result is 0, things worked. If not, $result will hold the LDAP error
code describing what happened.

	--Tom

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Cruz deWilde wrote:

> Thanks for your quick and very helpful response, Tom!
>
> That is unquestionably the best way to do this.  One last question, though --
> is there any way to get a return value from $ldap->modify (so I can tell the
> user whether the password change was successful)?  Thanks again -- I truly
> appreciate your help.
>
> -Cruz deWilde
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Jordan [mailto:tj...@do...]
> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 7:07 AM
> > To: Cruz deWilde
> > Cc: per...@li...
> > Subject: Re: Question about comparing perl variables to LDAP values...
> >
> >
> >
> > Rather than comparing the attributes (which would require
> > your script to
> > have 'compare' access to the userpassword attribute, why not
> > attempt to
> > bind to the directory as the user? That way you don't have to
> > give your
> > script as much access (and don't need to worry as much about hashing
> > algorithms).
> >
> > 	--Tom
> >
> > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Cruz deWilde wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm more or less a neophyte when it comes to working with
> > LDAP, and I'm hoping
> > > someone out there might help me with something.  I'm trying
> > to build a
> > > web-based "Change Password" form for our new iPlanet LDAP
> > implementation, and
> > > I've been having trouble figuring out how to compare the
> > user's old password to
> > > their existing LDAP password for verification.  The web
> > form I built encrypts
> > > their passwords (old and new) using MD5, and then passes
> > them to the perl cgi
> > > form-processor, which is supposed to first figure out if
> > their old password
> > > matches their existing one, and then update the password
> > entry with the new
> > > encrypted one...
> > >
> > > I'm connecting to the LDAP server without any trouble, but
> > I really don't
> > > understand the usage of Net::LDAP's $ldap->compare
> > function.  In short, the
> > > function doesn't seem to return anything which indicates
> > whether or not the
> > > passwords match.  I'm pretty sure that it comes down to the
> > fact that I don't
> > > really know what I'm doing here, but if anyone out there
> > could provide some
> > > example of this function in action, it would ease my
> > suffering greatly  :)  I'm
> > > quite sure that building a web-based, perl-driven password
> > update form for LDAP
> > > has been done a thousand times before, so any sample code
> > would be tremendously
> > > appreciated.  Thanks!!
> > >
> > > -Cruz deWilde
> > >
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