perl-ldap-dev

[Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

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

Can anyone suggest anything other than read the RFC's ?

----- Forwarded message from Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...> -----

Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:12:26 +0200
From: Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [de] (WinNT; I)
To: Graham Barr <gb...@po...>
Subject: Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT 
 ):=<<

Thank you for answering,

I want to search a LDAP, and don't know how.
I do not find explanations about filters :
-> filter => "(&(sn=Barr) (o=Texas Instruments))"  ???
and get :
-> get ( ATTR ) ???

Do you have an url or an other help ?

(excuse my ):=<< ) 

best ... Wolfgang Hammer

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Re: [Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

[Gary F. <fl...@jm...>]

Graham Barr wrote:
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything other than read the RFC's ?

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory/41/ag/contents.htm

Search filters in Chapter 8
LDAP URLs in Appendix A

Examples of URLs at

http://www.jmu.edu/info-security/engineering/proj/uaea/parts/dir/ldap/demonstr.htm

> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...> -----
> 
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:12:26 +0200
> From: Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...>
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [de] (WinNT; I)
> To: Graham Barr <gb...@po...>
> Subject: Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT
>  ):=<<
> 
> Thank you for answering,
> 
> I want to search a LDAP, and don't know how.
> I do not find explanations about filters :
> -> filter => "(&(sn=Barr) (o=Texas Instruments))"  ???
> and get :
> -> get ( ATTR ) ???
> 
> Do you have an url or an other help ?
> 
> (excuse my ):=<< )
> 
> best ... Wolfgang Hammer
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----

Re: [Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

[Gary F. <fl...@jm...>]

Gary Flynn wrote:
> 
> http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory/41/ag/contents.htm

Well, of course now I can't get to the 4.0 and 4.1 manuals.

Try the 3.x manual at:

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/directory/admin30/index.htm

The LDAP URL info is in Appendix C instead of Appendix A.

Re: [Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

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

On Wed, 10 May 2000 11:43:05 EDT, Gary Flynn wrote:
> Gary Flynn wrote:
> > 
> > http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory/41/ag/contents.htm
> 
> Well, of course now I can't get to the 4.0 and 4.1 manuals.
> 
> Try the 3.x manual at:
> 
> http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/directory/admin30/index.htm
> 
> The LDAP URL info is in Appendix C instead of Appendix A.
> 

I still feel there's a need for some more documentation somewhere, at a 
higher level than what the Netscape manuals have. (I also don't like 
the Netscape site because it uses frames, and you can't bookmark inside 
a frame.)

A simple example of the sort of high-level problem newbies have is that 
they try to search for an entry using a search filter that includes 
part of the entry's DN. The difference between a DN and the attributes 
in an entry is obviously not being spotted.

Cheers,

Chris

Re: [Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

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

On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
> I still feel there's a need for some more documentation somewhere, at a 
> higher level than what the Netscape manuals have. (I also don't like 
> the Netscape site because it uses frames, and you can't bookmark inside 
> a frame.)

Yes, I hate that in frames too.

> A simple example of the sort of high-level problem newbies have is that 
> they try to search for an entry using a search filter that includes 
> part of the entry's DN. The difference between a DN and the attributes 
> in an entry is obviously not being spotted.

Any addition to the FAQ or example pod, or even another pod ?

Graham.

Re: [Fwd] Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT ):=<<

[Mark W. <mew...@un...>]

First you might want to try the latest issue of PerlMonth at
www.perlmonth.com. I've  got an article on there that shows the basics of
searching LDAP with Net::LDAP.

I have a slightly more advanced article on the subject in the May issue of
Web Techniques. I'm not sure if they put the articles on the Web or not.

I've written a book (Implementing LDAP), plus chapters in a number of
other books (see www.amazon.com and search on my name). 



Mark

On Wed, 10 May 2000, Gary Flynn wrote:

> Graham Barr wrote:
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest anything other than read the RFC's ?
> 
> http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory/41/ag/contents.htm
> 
> Search filters in Chapter 8
> LDAP URLs in Appendix A
> 
> Examples of URLs at
> 
> http://www.jmu.edu/info-security/engineering/proj/uaea/parts/dir/ldap/demonstr.htm
> 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...> -----
> > 
> > Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:12:26 +0200
> > From: Wolfgang Hammer <wol...@he...>
> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [de] (WinNT; I)
> > To: Graham Barr <gb...@po...>
> > Subject: Re: can you write doc's where newbies can find ANYTHING they need -> NOT
> >  ):=<<
> > 
> > Thank you for answering,
> > 
> > I want to search a LDAP, and don't know how.
> > I do not find explanations about filters :
> > -> filter => "(&(sn=Barr) (o=Texas Instruments))"  ???
> > and get :
> > -> get ( ATTR ) ???
> > 
> > Do you have an url or an other help ?
> > 
> > (excuse my ):=<< )
> > 
> > best ... Wolfgang Hammer
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
>