Re: [Fwd] LDAPv3 annoymous bind with perl-ldap-0.22?

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

Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:
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> How do I go about obtaining an LDAPv3 annonymous bind with
> perl-ldao-0.22? If I use "bind( version => 3)", I get an
> LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_AUTH error message and the OpenLDAP (LDAPv3) debug
> trace shows an LDAPv2 bind request. If I bind with a defined DN and
> password I can obtain an LDAPv3 bind, but I don't want to have to fully
> authenticate just to get an LDAPv3 bind.  Thank you.
> 
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If you read the Net::LDAP manpage for 'bind', you should see that you need
to do this:

	$ldap->bind(anonymous => 'ignored', version => 3);

Alternatively, this should also work:

	$ldap = Net::LDAP->new('hostname', version => 3);
	$ldap->bind();

Cheers,

Chris