Re: python-ldap vs. Active directory

[Deepak G. <de...@ar...>]

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 15:24 -0700, Sean O'Connell wrote:
> The results are invariably:
> 
> initializing ..
> binding ..
> Sucessfully bound to AD
> searching ..
> {'info': '00000000: LdapErr: DSID-0C0905FF, comment: In order to perform
> this operation a successful bind must be completed on the connection.,
> data 0, vece', 'desc': 'Operations error'}

I was getting the exact same error. I fixed the problem by explicitly
disabling referral chasing in the OpenLDAP client libraries (for my
purposes, I didn't care about referrals). 

Before you call ldap.initialize, try:

ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)

Cheers!
deepak

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Deepak Giridharagopal