Re: Net::LDAP + win2k + LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS

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

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:42:03AM -0800, Lance Uyehara wrote:
> > LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS in an LDAPv2+ result code indicating
> > the result PDU contains referrals (or references).  I
> > strongly recommend avoiding LDAPv2+ (and LDAPv2).
> 
> Thanks for the replies. I'm going to check $mesg->references() to see what
> it says. My ethereal trace shows that all the data is sent. It's just split
> into multiple packets. Weird.

No, thats how LDAP returns its results.

> I don't understand the LDAPv2+ vs. LDAPv2. Are you saying that Net::LDAP is
> using LDAPv2+ or are you saying the win2k server is using LDAPv2+? I didn't

No, he is saying your server is.

> specifically tell either the client or the server to do anything so maybe I
> need to flick a switch somewhere to tell it to stop that.

Ah, then you need to ask for version 3 in the bind. Net::LDAP
defaults to binding for version 2. Add version => 3 into the
constructor arguments.

Graham.

> 
> Thanks again,
> -Lance
> 
> >
> > At 02:44 AM 2002-03-27, Chris Ridd wrote:
> > >Lance Uyehara <la...@ve...> wrote:
> > >> I am using Net::LDAP 0.22 to connect to a win2k Active Directory. I do
> the
> > >> bind which works great, then do a search. Windows sends the results
> broken
> > >> up into multiple packets. Net::LDAP reports $mesg->code =
> > >> LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS, which makes sense. How do I get the packets
> combined
> > >> into a single result?
> > >>
> > >> Do I have to change something on the win2k side, or can I do something
> > >> using Net::LDAP to make sense of the results? or is this fixed in a
> later
> > >> version of Net::LDAP?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the help,
> > >> Lance
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >"Partial results" is the way for an LDAP server to indicate that it could
> > >send back some results directly, but there are also some continuation
> > >references (references to other servers) that you may need to follow
> > >yourself.
> > >
> > >To get the continuation references from Net::LDAP, the
> $mesg->references()
> > >call will return an array of LDAP URLs, which you then need to break
> apart
> > >using (eg) URI::ldap in order to create new connections to new LDAP
> servers.
> > >
> > >Active Directory might also support some non-standard Control to get the
> > >server to follow the continuation references for you. I've no idea what
> > >that might be though.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Chris
> >
> >
> 
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