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

[Lakshmi M. <lm...@fl...>]

Knut Sander wrote:

> 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

I gave the below commands, and slapd is running.
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[hugo.evanston.fluent.com 15%]./libexec/slapd -f ./etc/openldap/slapd.conf
-h ldap://localhost:389/
[hugo.evanston.fluent.com 16%]./bin/ldapsearch -h localhost -p 389
version: 2

#
# filter: (objectclass=*)
# requesting: ALL
#

# search result
search: 2
result: 10 Referral
ref: hugo.evanston.fluent.com

# numResponses: 1
[hugo.evanston.fluent.com 17%]
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but when I gave $server = "127.0.0.1:389" in the perl code, I  still got
timeout error.

Could anyone please help me.

Lakshmi