Re: how to connect to openldap using Net::LDAP->new

[Knut S. <knu...@se...>]

Hi Lakshmi,

Lakshmi Marellapudy wrote:
> I have openldap running on my server(192.104.61.84), under my home
> directory.
> I assumed that it is on port 389.
> when I tried to connect through perldap I got  an error.

assumptions may be wrong, it's much better to proof them =)

Which host and port did you specify at startup?

Your commandline shold look like:

slapd -f /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.conf -h ldap://localhost:389/

This starts slapd on port 389 and binds only to localhost, so it is only
reachable via ldapsearch -h localhost -p 389 ...

You can also use netstat to list all open sockets on your host and hav a
look into the slapd.args file (near slapd.pid).

regards,
Knut