# info > Net::LDAP::Extension::WhoAmI

## [Net::LDAP::Extension::UsermContributed](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension%3A%3AUsermContributed/markdown) Perl [DNet::LDAP::Extension](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DNet%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension/markdown)::[WhoAmI(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/WhoAmI/3pm/markdown)

## NAME
       [Net::LDAP::Extension::WhoAmI](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension%3A%3AWhoAmI/markdown) - LDAP "Who am I?" Operation

## SYNOPSIS
        use [Net::LDAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP/markdown);
        use [Net::LDAP::Extension::WhoAmI](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension%3A%3AWhoAmI/markdown);

        $ldap = [Net::LDAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP/markdown)->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );

        $ldap->bind('cn=Joe User,cn=People,dc=example,dc=com",
                    password => 'secret');

        $mesg = $ldap->who_am_i();

        die "error: ", $mesg->code(), ": ", $mesg->error()  if ($mesg->code());

        print "you are bound with authzId ", $mesg->response(), "\n";

## DESCRIPTION
       "[Net::LDAP::Extension::WhoAmI](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension%3A%3AWhoAmI/markdown)" implements the "Who am I?"  extended
       LDAPv3 operation as described in RFC 4532.

       It implements no object by itself but extends the [Net::LDAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP/markdown) object by
       another method:

## METHODS
       who_am_i
           Obtain the authorization identity which the server has associated
           with the user or application entity.

## SEE ALSO
       [Net::LDAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP/markdown), [Net::LDAP::Extension](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Norbert Klasen <<norbert.klasen@avinci.de>>,

       Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap
       mailing list <<perl-ldap@perl.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program
       is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
       same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.32.0                      2021-01-03 [Net::LDAP::Extension](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Net%3A%3ALDAP%3A%3AExtension/markdown)::[WhoAmI(3pm)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/WhoAmI/3pm/markdown)