Re: Is the "control" keyword in LDIF files supported in perl-LDAP?

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

Currently Net::LDAP::LDIF does not support controls specified in the LDIF
file.

Graham.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:17:54PM +1100, Saritha Chipman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could you please tell me if the "control" keyword in LDIF files (RFC2849) is
> supported
> in perl-LDAP?  Or if I have used incorrect syntax in the LDIF entry below?
> 
> I am running perl-LDAP version 0.2401.
> 
> Using $ldif->read_entry() on a file containing the lines below returns the
> error:
> "LDAP entry is not valid".  If I remove the last 2 lines, the entry can be
> read correctly.
> 
> dn: cn=Executive Lunch Room,ou=Executive,o=Deltawing,c=AU
> changetype: modify
> add: seeAlso
> seeAlso: cn=Margaret Hunter,o=Deltawing,c=AU
> control: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.18 true dn: cn=Andrew Sherman,
>  ou=Deltawing InfoSystems,o=Deltawing,c=AU
> 
> I assume that I alternatively can use the Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth
> object on the
> LDAP modify method to achieve this.  However I wanted to use the following
> method instead:
> 
> - Read an entry from an LDIF file (possibly specifying a control as above)
> into an
>   LDAP entry object
> - Call the "update" method on the LDAP entry object
> 
> Thanks very much for your help,
> 
> Saritha Chipman
> Senior Quality Control Officer - Business Solutions Group
> Adacel Technologies Ltd
> 
>