perl-ldap-dev

Perl-ldap FAQ review.

[Clif H. <c-h...@ti...>]

Here is my first attempt at doing a FAQ for perl-ldap.

It does need some additional help in 3 key areas.
(It probably needs more help than this) :)

I need someone to supply information and examples for
the Virtual Lists section.

I need someone to supply information and examples for
the Control section.

I need someone to supply information and examples for 
the DSML section.

Notes about the pod file, on the long
cvs command lines perldoc wants to break the line
at the dash in perl-ldap.  I have put notes about 
combining the 2 lines into a single command line.

The html faq page does not have this problem, which
makes the notes seem out of place.  This may 
require a manual edit on the html page.

Attached is the faq file in pod format.

The faq is on the web at 
http://www.utdallas.edu/~charden/faq.html
There also is a link to the page from
http://www.utdallas.edu/~charden/

Here is your chance to roast this faq to a chared
mass.

Regards,

Clif Harden           INTERNET:  c-h...@ti...

Re: Perl-ldap FAQ review.

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

On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 11:36:36PM -0500, Clif Harden wrote:
> 
> Here is my first attempt at doing a FAQ for perl-ldap.

Clif, this is excellent, Thanks.

> =head2 What other modules will I need ?

> =item Convert::ASN1

> =item Digest::MD5

> =item URI::ldap

And now also

Net::SSLeay and IO::Socket::SSL for Net::LDAPS

XML::Parser if you want to use Net::LDAP::DSML

Graham.

Re: Perl-ldap FAQ review.

[Jim H. <ha...@us...>]

Cliff, the FAQ is a marvelous start.  I have several comments.  I had intended
to supply specifics to back up "whay not answer XXX", but have been running on
total overload.  I hope to send good answers to those questions in a few days
(I am booked solid for the next 3).

The term CVS repository should be defined.
The last part of the answer to the question about "where did my seearch
results go" is confusing (assignment to scalar stuff).  I have ideas to fix
it.

New questions:
(following What is a Directory)
   How does a directory differ from a relational database?
(following How can I tell when the server returns an error)
   How do I know if a password is correct?
   How do I serach a directory?
(following How do I limit the scope)
   How do I only pull back a few attributes on my search?
   How do I visit a large number of records using a reasonable amount of
memory?
   Why is Net::LDAP slow?

--Jim Harle