Re: Building python-ldap against Netscape's LDAP-SDK 4.11

[Michael <mi...@st...>]

David Leonard wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Michael Ströder typed thusly:
> 
> > > Ok, I edited Modules/LDAPObject.c to use only 2 arguments. The
> 
> really, configure.in should be modified to test for and pick that up...

Uuuh, I removed config.cache. After that configure was able to
determine the right value for LDAP_SET_REBIND_PROC_3ARGS.

> > > ldap.LDAPError: unknown error (C API does not expose error)
> 
> I just looked at netscape's docs and found the function ldap_get_lderrno().
> i've added it in (untested patch at end of message)

This patch seems to work now.

> > It's me again. ;-)
> 
> talking to yourself is a sign of impending madness :)

We're all kinda mad, aren't we. ;-)

> > I managed to connect to a OpenLDAP 2.0.6 server (which is LDAPv3).
> > Connecting to OpenLDAP 1.2.11 server (LDAPv2) does not work.

I was able to connect to both OpenLDAP versions now. Unfortunately
it does "do_bind: v2 anonymous bind" to the OpenLDAP 2 server. But I
would like to have a v3 bind.

> >     ldap_obj.options = 0
> > NameError: cannot set that field
> 
> hmm, perhaps this is a design error. if the C API doesn't support things
> like options, then there will be no .options attribute to set. I had
> originally imagined people writing code like:
> 
>         if hasattr(ldap_obj, 'options'): ldap_obj.options = 0

I'm fine with doing a hasattr(ldap_obj, 'options').

But I want to avoid that the LDAP lib itself chases the referral.
How to do that with Netscape's SDK?

> however at this level (_ldap), I really wanted to get as close to the
> C api as possible, and leave it to "higher-level" abstractions to deal with
> such nitty gritty logic.

That's ok.

> > I would like to actively catch LDAPv3 referrals.
> 
> suggested patches are welcome :)

I'm not a C programmer. :-(

If
1. I can set .options or a similar field with Netscape's SDK to
switch off OPT_REFERRALS and
2. I can do a LDAPv3 bind
I would be quite happy.

Ciao, Michael.