# perldoc > Net::LDAP::Extension::WhoAmI

## 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.