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    Net::LDAP::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Net::LDAP

SYNOPSIS
     perldoc Net::LDAP::FAQ

DESCRIPTION
    This document serves to answer the most frequently asked questions on
    both the perl-ldap Mailing List and those sent to Graham Barr.

    The latest version of this FAQ can be found at

     http://ldap.perl.org/FAQ.html

GENERAL
  What is perl-ldap?
    perl-ldap is the distribution name. The perl-ldap distribution contains
    the Net::LDAP modules.

  Why another Perl LDAP implementation?
    perl-ldap's goal is to be as portable as possible. It does this by being
    implemented completely in Perl. So basically anywhere that Perl runs
    perl-ldap will run. This is not true for other implementations which
    require a C compiler.

  Where can I get it?
    Perl-ldap is available from CPAN. You can find the released versions at:

     http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-ldap/

  Is there a web page for perl-ldap?
    Yes there is at http://ldap.perl.org/

  Is there a mailing list?
    Yes there is at perl-ldap AT perl.org

    You can subscribe to this list by mailing perl-ldap-subscribe AT perl.org

  Is the mailing list archived?
    Yes, at http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.ldap

    Archives with messages before we switched to using perl.org can be found
    at

     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=perl-ldap-dev

    There is also an archive of the perl-ldap mailing list at

     http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-ldap/

    which also has messages from before the move.

  Is there any online documentation?
    Yes. perl-ldap has online documentation at

     http://ldap.perl.org/

    which will have the latest documentation available.

  Is there a public repository?
    Yes, there is a public Git repository at

     https://github.com/perl-ldap/perl-ldap

  Can I get perl-ldap from the public Git repository?
    Yes, anyone can pull perl-ldap from the public Git repository on GitHub.

    There are several ways this can be done - see below.

    CPAN
        You can download it from CPAN by following the "Download" link on:

         http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-ldap/

        Example;

         http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MA/MARSCHAP/perl-ldap-0.54.tar.gz

    Git - fork on GitHub
        If you have an account on GitHub (there's a free variant), you can
        easily fork the perl-ldap repository on GitHub. When logged on to
        GitHub, navigate to the perl-ldap repository

         https://github.com/perl-ldap/perl-ldap

        and simply click on the "Fork" button near the top-right corner.

    Git - clone repository
        You can download latest development version of perl-ldap from GitHub
        by cloning the repository using the command:

         git clone https://github.com/perl-ldap/perl-ldap.git

        This command will create a directory named 'perl-ldap' in your
        current directory containing a local clone of the repository.

        Keeping your local repository in sync with perl-ldap's GitHub
        repository is easy:

          cd perl-ldap
          git pull

    Web page
        Most of the time there is a URL link on the perl-ldap home page on
        ldap.perl.org that points to the latest released version of
        perl-ldap. Due to the fact that humans must update the web page to
        point to a new release it sometimes does not get updated as quickly
        as it should.

  What is Git?
    Git (see http://git-scm.com) is a distributed version control system
    designed to keep track of source changes made by groups of developers
    working on the same files, allowing them to stay in sync with each other
    as each individual chooses.

LDAP AND DIRECTORY TERMINOLOGY.
    In order to help the user understand the perl-ldap module better some
    key LDAP terminology is defined here.

  What is a directory?
    A directory is a special purpose hierarchical database that usually
    contains typed information such as text strings, binary data, or X.509
    certificates.

  What is LDAP?
    LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. The word
    *Protocol* is the key word in the definition given in the preceding
    sentence, LDAP is *NOT* hardware or software. It is a protocol that
    defines how a client and server will communicate with one another.

    The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is defined in a series of
    Requests For Comments, better known as RFCs. The RFCs can be found on
    the Internet at http://www.ietf.org/ (the master repository) and many
    other places. There's a link to all the LDAP-related RFCs at perl-ldap's
    web site, http://ldap.perl.org/rfc.html. Some of the more important RFC
    numbers are RFC 4510 - 4519 for LDAP (previously called LDAPv3) and the
    historic RFC 1777 for LDAPv2.

  What is a LDAP Directory?
    In the strictest terms of the definition there is no such thing as a
    LDAP directory. To be practical about this situation every day directory
    professionals refer to their directory as " a LDAP directory" because it
    is easy to say and it does convey the type of protocol used to
    communicate with their directory. Using this definition a LDAP directory
    is a directory whose server software conforms to the Lightweight
    Directory Access Protocol when communicating with a client.

  What is an Entry?
    The traditional directory definition of a directory object is called an
    Entry. Entries are composed of attributes that contain the information
    to be recorded about the object.

    (An entry in LDAP is somewhat analogous to a record in a table in an SQL
    database, but don't get too hung up about this analogy!)

    Entries are held in an upside-down tree structure. Entries can therefore
    contain subordinate entries, and entries must have one direct superior
    entry.

    Entries with subordinate entries are called 'non-leaf' entries.

    Entries without subordinate entries are called 'leaf' entries.

    An entry's direct superior entry is called the entry's 'parent'.

    'Non-leaf' entries are also said to have 'child' entries.

  What is an attribute?
    The entry(s) in a directory are composed of attributes that contain
    information about the object. Each attribute has a type and can contain
    one or more values.

    For example:

      cn=Road Runner

    is an attribute with a type named "cn", and one value.

    Each attribute is described by a 'syntax' which defines what kind of
    information can be stored in the attributes values. Trying to store a
    value that doesn't conform to the attribute's syntax will result in an
    error.

    For example:

      jpegPhoto=unknown

    is not permitted by the directory, because jpegPhotos may only contain
    JPEG-formatted images.

    Most syntaxes used in LDAP however describe text strings rather than
    binary objects (like JPEGs or certificates.)

    In LDAPv3 most of these syntaxes support Unicode encoded using UTF-8.
    Because the Net::LDAP modules do not change the strings that you pass in
    as attribute values (they get sent to the LDAP server as-is) to use
    accented characters you simply need to encode your strings in UTF-8.
    There are modules on CPAN that will help you here.

    Note that LDAPv2 servers used something called T.61 instead of Unicode
    and UTF-8. Most servers do not implement T.61 correctly, and it is
    recommended that you use LDAPv3 instead.

    Attributes may also be searched. The algorithms used to perform
    different kinds of searches are described by the attribute's 'matching
    rules'. Some matching rules are case-sensitive and some are
    case-insensitive, for example. Sometimes matching rules aren't defined
    for a particular attribute: there's no way to search for jpegPhotos that
    contain a substring!

    You can examine all of a server's attribute definitions by reading the
    schema from the server.

  What is an object class?
    An object class is the name associated with a group of attributes that
    must be present in an entry, and the group of attributes that may also
    be present in an entry.

    Object classes may be derived (subclassed) from other object classes.
    For example the widely used 'inetOrgPerson' object class is derived from
    'organizationalPerson', which is itself derived from 'person' which is
    itself derived from 'top'.

    Every entry has an attribute called 'objectClass' that lists all the
    names of object classes (and their superclasses) being used with the
    entry.

    You can examine all of a server's objectclass definitions by reading the
    schema from the server.

  What is a Distinguished Name (DN)?
    Every entry in a directory has a Distinguished Name, or DN. It is a
    unique Entry identifier throughout the complete directory. No two
    Entries can have the same DN within the same directory.

    Examples of DNs:

     cn=Road Runner, ou=bird, dc=cartoon, dc=com
     ou=bird, dc=cartoon, dc=com
     dc=cartoon, dc=com
     dc=com

  What is a Relative Distinguished Name?
    Every DN is made up of a sequence of Relative Distinguished Names, or
    RDNs. The sequences of RDNs are separated by commas (,). In LDAPv2
    semi-colons (;) were also allowed. There can be more than one identical
    RDN in a directory, but they must have different parent entries.

    Technically, an RDN contains attribute-value assertions, or AVAs. When
    an AVA is written down, the attribute name is separated from the
    attribute value with an equals (=) sign.

    Example of a DN:

     cn=Road Runner,ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com

     RDNs of the proceeding DN:
     RDN => cn=Road Runner
     RDN => ou=bird
     RDN => dc=cartoon
     RDN => dc=com

    RDNs can contain multiple attributes, though this is somewhat unusual.
    They are called multi-AVA RDNs, and each AVA is separated in the RDN
    from the others with a plus sign (+).

    Example of a DN with a multi-AVA RDN:

     cn=Road Runner+l=Arizona,ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com

  Where is an entry's name held?
    Entries do not contain their DN. When you retrieve an entry from a
    search, the server will tell you the DN of each entry.

    On the other hand, entries do contain their RDN. Recall that the RDN is
    formed from one or more attribute-value assertions (AVAs); each entry
    must contain all the attributes and values in the RDN.

    For example the entry:

     cn=Road Runner+l=Arizona,ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com

    must contain a 'cn' attribute containing at least the value "Road
    Runner", and an 'l' attribute containing at least the value "Arizona".

    The attributes used in the RDN may contain additional values, but the
    entry still only has one DN.

  What is a search base?
    A search base is a Distinguished Name that is the starting point of
    search queries.

    Example of a DN:

     cn=Road Runner,ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com

    Possible search base(s) for the proceeding DN:

     Base => cn=Road Runner,ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com
     Base => ou=bird,dc=cartoon,dc=com
     Base => dc=cartoon,dc=com
     Base => dc=com

    Setting the search base to the lowest possible branch of the directory
    will speed up searches considerably.

  What is the difference between a LDAP server and a relational database?
    The most basic difference is that a directory server is a specialized
    database designed to provide fast searches. While a relational database
    is optimized for transactions (where a series of operations is counted
    as 1, thus if one of the steps fails, the RDBMS can roll-back to the
    state it was in before you started).

    Directories also typically are hierarchical in nature (RDBMS is
    typically flat, but you can implement a hierarchy using tables and
    queries), networkable, distributed and replicated.

    LDAP provides an open-standard to a directory service.

    Typically we use LDAP for email directories (all popular email clients
    provide an LDAP client now) and authorization services (authentication
    and access control).

    You could use a RDBMS for these types of queries but there's no set
    standard, in particular over TCP/IP to connect to databases over the
    network. There's language specific protocols (like Perl's DBI and Java's
    JDBC) that hide this problem behind an API abstraction, but that's not a
    replacement for a standard access protocol.

    LDAP is starting to be used on roles traditionally played by RDBMS in
    terms of general data management because it's easier to setup a LDAP
    server (once you understand the basic nomenclature) and you don't need a
    DBA to write your queries and more importantly all LDAP servers speak
    the same essential protocol, thus you don't have to fuss with a database
    driver trying to connect it to the Internet. Once you have an LDAP
    server up and running, it's automatically available over the 'net. It's
    possible to connect to a LDAP server from a variety of mechanisms,
    including just about every possible programming language.

    More information on this topic can be found on the following URLs;

     http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/378.html

     http://www.isode.com/whitepapers/ic-6055.html

  What is the difference between a ldap reference and a ldap referral?
    A referral is returned when the entire operation must be resent to
    another server.

    A continuation reference is returned when part of the operation must be
    resent to another server.

    See RFC 4511 section 4.5.3 for more details.

perl-ldap INSTALLATION
  How do I install perl-ldap?
    To install the modules that are in the perl-ldap distribution follow the
    same steps that you would for most other distributions found on CPAN,
    that is

       # replace 0.62 with the version you have

       gunzip perl-ldap-0.62.tar.gz
       tar xvf perl-ldap-0.62.tar
       cd perl-ldap-0.62

       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make test
       make install

  But I do not have make, how can I install perl-ldap?
    Well as luck would have it the modules in perl-ldap do not do anything
    complex, so a simple copy is enough to install. First run

      perl -V

    This will output information about the version of Perl you have
    installed. Near the bottom you will find something like

      @INC:
        /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2
        /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
        /usr/lib/perl5
        /usr/share/perl5
        /usr/lib/perl/5.18
        /usr/share/perl/5.18
        /usr/local/lib/site_per

    This is a list of directories that Perl searches when it is looking for
    a module. The directory you need is the site_perl directory, but without
    the system architecture name, in this case it is
    "/usr/local/lib/site_perl". The files required can then be installed
    with

       # replace 0.62 with the version you have

       gunzip perl-ldap-0.62.tar.gz
       tar xvf perl-ldap-0.62.tar
       cd perl-ldap-0.62/lib

       cp -r * /usr/local/lib/site_perl

  How can I load perl-ldap into an ActiveState Perl installation?
    There are several ways that perl-ldap can be installed into an
    ActiveState Perl tree.

    1.  The ActiveState ppm command can be used to install perl-ldap. When a
        new version of perl-ldap is released, it takes ActiveState a period
        of time to get the new release into the ActiveState ppm system.

    2.  If the user has nmake installed, the user can do a normal Perl
        module install using nmake instead of make.

    3.  If the user does not have nmake or make, the user can install
        perl-ldap using the install-nomake script by issuing the following
        command.

         perl install-nomake

        The install-nomake script can be used on any system that does not
        have make installed.

  What other modules will I need?
    perl-ldap uses other Perl modules. Some are required, but some are
    optional (i.e. required to use certain features only).

    If you are using a Linux system, many of the distributions have packages
    that you can install using the distribution's package management tools
    (e.g. apt, rpm, ...).

    Alternatively, you may use your favorite web search engine to find the
    package that you need.

    Convert::ASN1
        This module converts between Perl data structures and ASN.1, and is
        required for perl-ldap to work.

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Convert::ASN1

    OpenSSL and IO::Socket::SSL
        If you want to use encrypted connections, either via start_tls or
        LDAPS connections, you will need this module and the OpenSSL
        software package.

        You can obtain the latest release of IO::Socket::SSL from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=IO::Socket::SSL

        You can obtain the latest release of OpenSSL from
        http://www.openssl.org/

    IO::Socket::INET6
        For connecting to LDAP servers via IPv6, IO::Socket::INET6 is
        required. Its presence is detected at runtime, so that perl-ldap can
        be installed without it, and automatically gains IPv6 support as
        soon as IO::Socket::INET6 gets installed.

        You can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=IO::Socket::INET6

    IO::Socket::IP
        This is an alternative to using IO::Socket::INET6. Like that module,
        it gets detected automatically at runtime. If version 0.20 or higher
        is installed, is is preferred over IO::Socket::INET6 and
        IO::Socket::INET for all IP connections.

        You can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=IO::Socket::IP

    Authen::SASL
        This module is optional. You only need to install Authen::SASL if
        you want to use the SASL authentication methods.

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Authen::SASL

    Digest::MD5
        This module is optional. It also requires a C compiler when
        installing. You only need to install Digest::MD5 if you want to use
        the SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication mechanism.

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Digest::MD5

        As Digest::MD5 is part of the Perl core modules since Perl 5.7.3,
        you only need a C compiler if you want to install a version that is
        newer than the version distributed with your Perl installation.

    Digest::HMAC_MD5
        This optional module is required only if you want to use the SASL
        CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism.

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Digest::HMAC_MD5

    GSSAPI
        This optional module is required only if you want to use the SASL
        GSSAPI authentication mechanism (e.g. for Kerberos authentication).

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=GSSAPI

    URI::ldap, URI::ldaps, and URI::ldapi
        These modules are optional. You only need to install them if you
        want to parse ldap://, ldaps:// or ldapi:// URIs using
        ldap_parse_uri in Net::LDAP::Util. or use LWP::Protocol::ldap,
        LWP::Protocol::ldaps, or LWP::Protocol::ldapi.

        You can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=URI::ldap
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=URI::ldaps
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=URI::ldapi

    LWP::Protocol, LWP::MediaTypes, HTTP::Negotiate, and HTTP::Response
        These optional modules are needed if you want to use perl-ldap's
        LWP::Protocol::ldap, LWP::Protocol::ldaps, or LWP::Protocol::ldapi
        modules.

        You can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=LWP::Protocol
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=LWP::MediaTypes
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=HTTP::Negotiate
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=HTTP::Response

    JSON
        This optional module is required for JSON-formatted output of
        perl-ldap's LWP::Protocol::ldap, LWP::Protocol::ldaps, or
        LWP::Protocol::ldapi modules.

        If you need it, you can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=JSON

    Time::Local
        This module is optional, and only required if you want to convert
        between UNIX time and generalizedTime using the functions provided
        in Net::LDAP::Util.

    XML::SAX and XML::SAX::Writer
        If you want to parse or write DSMLv1 documents with Net::LDAP::DSML
        to you will need these optional modules.

        You can obtain the latest releases from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=XML::SAX
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=XML::SAX::Writer

    ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP
        If you want to use failover the ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDAP
        Perl module provides methods to do this.

        You can obtain the latest release from
        http://search.cpan.org/search?module=ResourcePool::Factory::Net::LDA
        P

USING NET::LDAP
  How do I connect to my server?
    The connection to the server is created when you create a new Net::LDAP
    object, e.g.

      $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($server);

  Net::LDAP->new sometimes returns undef, why?
    The constructor will return undef if there was a problem connecting to
    the specified server. Any error message will be available in $@

  What is the proper format of the bind DN?
    The DN used to bind to a directory is a FULLY QUALIFIED DN. The exact
    structure of the DN will depend on what data has been stored in the
    server.

    The following are valid examples.

      uid=clif,ou=People,dc=umich,dc=edu

      cn=directory manager,ou=admins,dc=umich,dc=edu

    In some servers the following would be a valid fully qualified DN of the
    directory manager.

      cn=directory manager

  How can I tell when the server returns an error, bind() always returns
true?
    Most methods in Net::LDAP return a Net::LDAP::Message object, or a
    sub-class of that. This object will hold the results from the server,
    including the result code.

    So, for example, to determine the result of the bind operation.

      $mesg = $ldap->bind( $dn, password => $passwd );

      if ( $mesg->code ) {
        # Handle error codes here
      }

  How can I set the LDAP version of a connection to my LDAP server?
    This is done by adding the version option when connecting or binding to
    the LDAP server.

    For example;

      $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( $server, version => 3 );

    or

      $mesg = $ldap->bind( $dn, password => $passwd, version => 3 );

    Valid version numbers are 2 and 3. As of perl-ldap 0.27 the default LDAP
    version is 3.

  I did a search on my directory using the 'search' method. Where did
the results go?
    Your search results are stored in a 'search object'. Consider the
    following:

     use Net::LDAP;

     $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldap.acme.com') or die "$@";
     $mesg = $ldap->search(
                           base   => "o=acme.com",
                           filter => "uid=jsmith",
                          );

    $mesg is a search object. It is a reference blessed into the
    Net::LDAP::Search package. By calling methods on this object you can
    obtain information about the result and also the individual entries.

    The first thing to check is if the search was successful. This is done
    with the method $mesg->code. This method will return the status code
    that the server returned. A success will yield a zero value, but there
    are other values, some of which could also be considered a success. See
    Net::LDAP::Constant

      use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_text);

      die ldap_error_text($mesg->code)
        if $mesg->code;

    There are two ways in which you can access the entries. You can access
    then with an index or you can treat the container like a stack and shift
    each entry in turn. For example

      # as an array

      # How many entries were returned from the search
      my $max = $mesg->count;

      for (my $index = 0 ; $index < $max ; $index++) {
        my $entry = $mesg->entry($index);
        # ...
      }

      # or as a stack

      while (my $entry = $mesg->shift_entry) {
        # ...
      }

    In each case $entry is an entry object. It is a reference blessed into
    the Net::LDAP::Entry package. By calling methods on this object you can
    obtain information about the entry.

    For example, to obtain the DN for the entry

      $dn = $entry->dn;

    To obtain the attributes that a given entry has

      @attrs = $entry->attributes;

    And to get the list of values for a given attribute

      @values = $entry->get( 'sn' );

    And to get the first of the values for a given attribute

      $values = $entry->get( 'cn' );

    One thing to remember is that attribute names are case insensitive, so
    'sn', 'Sn', 'sN' and 'SN' are all the same.

    So, if you want to print all the values for the attribute 'ou' then this
    is as simple as

      foreach ($entry->get_value( 'ou' )) {
          print $_,"\n";
        }

    Now if you just want to print all the values for all the attributes you
    can do

      foreach my $attr ($entry->attributes) {
        foreach my $value ($entry->get_value($attr)) {
          print $attr, ": ", $value, "\n";
        }
      }

  How do I limit the scope of a directory search?
    You limit the scope of a directory search by setting the scope parameter
    of search request. Consider the following:

     use Net::LDAP;

     $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldap.acme.com') or die "$@";
     $mesg = $ldap->search(
                           base   => "o=acme.com",
                           scope  => 'sub',
                           filter => "uid=jsmith",
                          );

    Values for the scope parameter are as follows.

    base
        Search only the base object.

    one Search the entries immediately below the base object.

    sub
    subtree
        Search the whole tree below (and including) the base object. This is
        the default.

    children
        Search the whole subtree below the base object, excluding the base
        object itself.

        Note: *children* scope requires LDAPv3 subordinate feature
        extension.

GETTING SEARCH RESULTS
    There are two ways of retrieving the results of a requested LDAP search;
    inline and by using a callback subroutine.

  USING THE INLINE APPROACH
    Using the inline approach involves requesting the data and then waiting
    for all of the data to be returned before the user starts processing the
    data.

    Example:

     use Net::LDAP;

     $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldap.acme.com') or die "$@";
     $mesg = $ldap->search(
                           base   => "o=acme.com",
                           scope  => 'sub',
                           filter => "sn=smith",
                          );
     #
     # At this point the user can get the returned data as an array
     # or as a stack.
     # In this example we will use an array

     # How many entries were returned from the search
     my $max = $mesg->count;

     for (my $index = 0 ; $index < $max ; $index++)
     {
       my $entry = $mesg->entry($index);
       my $dn = $entry->dn; # Obtain DN of this entry

       @attrs = $entry->attributes; # Obtain attributes for this entry.
       foreach my $var (@attrs)
       {
         #get a list of values for a given attribute
         $attr = $entry->get_value( $var, asref => 1 );
         if ( defined($attr) )
         {
           foreach my $value ( @$attr )
           {
             print "$var: $value\n";  # Print each value for the attribute.
           }
         }
       }
     }

    As you can see the example is straightforward, but there is one drawback
    to this approach. You must wait until all entries for the request search
    to be returned before you can process the data. If there several
    thousand entries that match the search filter this could take quite a
    long time period.

  USING THE CALLBACK SUBROUTINE APPROACH
    Using the callback approach involves requesting the data be sent to a
    callback subroutine as each entry arrives at the client.

    A callback is just a subroutine that is passed two parameters when it is
    called, the mesg and entry objects.

    Example:

     use Net::LDAP;

     $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldap.acme.com') or die "$@";
     $mesg = $ldap->search(
                           base   => "o=acme.com",
                           scope  => 'sub',
                           filter => "sn=smith",
                           callback => \&callback,
                          );
     #
     # At this point the user needs to check the status of the
     # ldap search.
     #

     if ( $mesg->code )
     {
        $errstr = $mesg->code;
        print "Error code:  $errstr\n";
        $errstr = ldap_error_text($errstr);
        print "$errstr\n";
     }


     sub callback
     {
     my ( $mesg, $entry) = @_;

       #
       # First you must check to see if something was returned.
       # Last execution of callback subroutine will have no
       # defined entry and mesg object
       #
       if ( !defined($entry) )
       {
         print "No records found matching filter $match.\n"
         if ($mesg->count == 0) ; # if mesg is not defined nothing will print.
         return;
       }

       my $dn = $entry->dn; # Obtain DN of this entry

       @attrs = $entry->attributes; # Obtain attributes for this entry.
       foreach my $var (@attrs)
       {
        #get a list of values for a given attribute
        $attr = $entry->get_value( $var, asref => 1 );
        if ( defined($attr) )
        {
          foreach my $value ( @$attr )
          {
            print "$var: $value\n";  # Print each value for the attribute.
          }
        }
       }
       #
       # For large search requests the following line of code
       # may be very important, it will reduce the amount of memory
       # used by the search results.
       #
       # If the user is not worried about memory usage then the line
       # of code can be omitted.
       #
       $mesg->pop_entry;

     }  # End of callback subroutine

    As you can see the example is straightforward and it does not waste time
    waiting for all of the entries to be returned. However if the pop_entry
    method is not used the callback approach can allocate a lot of memory to
    the search request.

USING NET::LDAPS
  Using an SSL network connection, how do I connect to my server?
    This class is a subclass of Net::LDAP so all the normal Net::LDAP
    methods can be used with a Net::LDAPS object; see the documentation for
    Net::LDAP to find out how to query a directory server using the LDAP
    protocol.

    The connection to the server is created when you create a new Net::LDAPS
    object, e.g.

      $ldaps = Net::LDAPS->new($server,
                               port => '10000',
                               verify => 'require',
                               capath => '/usr/local/cacerts/',
                               );

    Starting with version 0.28 perl-ldap also supports URIs in the new
    method. So, the above can also be expressed as:

      $ldaps = Net::LDAP->new("ldaps://$server",
                               port => '10000',
                               verify => 'require',
                               capath => '/usr/local/cacerts/',
                               );

    There are additional options to the new method with LDAPS URIs and the
    LDAPS new method and several additional methods are included in the
    LDAPS object class.

    For further information and code examples read the LDAPS module
    documentation; perldoc Net::LDAPS

USING LDAP GROUPS.
  What are LDAP groups?
    LDAP groups are object classes that contain an attribute that can store
    multiple DN values. Two standard object classes are 'groupOfNames'
    (which has a 'member' attribute) and 'groupOfUniqueNames' (which has a
    'uniqueMember' attribute.)

    According to the RFCs a group can be a member of another group, but some
    LDAP server vendors restrict this flexibility by not allowing nested
    groups in their servers.

    Two scripts for working with groups are available in the contrib
    directory. They are isMember.pl and printMembers.pl.

  How do you format a filter to search for entries whose 'member'
attribute has a particular value?
    Asking for (member=*) is OK - the directory uses the equality matching
    rule which is defined for the member attribute.

    Asking for (member=c*) is not OK - there is no defined substring
    matching rule for the member attribute. That's because the member values
    are *not* strings, but distinguished names. There is no substring
    matching rule for DNs, see RFC 4519 section 2.7.

    What you have to do is get the results of (member=*) and then select the
    required results from the returned values. You need to do this using
    knowledge of the string representation of DNs defined in RFC 4514, which
    is important because the same DN can have different string
    representations. So you need to perform some canonicalization if you
    want to be correct.

USING DSML.
  How can I access DSML features from perl-ldap?
    Directory Service Markup Language (DSML) is the XML standard for
    representing directory service information in XML.

    Support for DSML is included in perl-ldap starting with version .20.

    At the moment this module only reads and writes DSML entry entities. It
    cannot process any schema entities because schema entities are processed
    differently than elements.

    Eventually this module will be a full level 2 consumer and producer
    enabling you to give you full DSML conformance.

    The specification for DSML is at http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/

    For further information and code examples read the DSML module
    documentation; perldoc Net::LDAP::DSML

USING CONTROLS AND VIRTUAL LISTS.
  How do I access the Control features?
    Support for LDAP version 3 Control objects is included in perl-ldap
    starting with version .20.

    For further information and code examples read the Control module
    documentation; perldoc Net::LDAP::Control

  How do I access the Virtual List features?
    Support for Virtual Lists is included in perl-ldap starting with version
    .20.

    For further information and code examples read the Control module
    documentation; perldoc Net::LDAP::Control

GENERAL QUESTIONS.
  Are there any other code examples.
    Yes, there is an Examples pod file. To view the pod do the following
    command; perldoc Net::LDAP::Examples

    There is user contributed software in the contrib directory that is
    supplied with the perl-ldap distribution. This is an excellent source of
    information on how to use the perl-ldap module.

  Are there any performance issues with perl-ldap?
    In the vast majority of use cases (one user has suggested 9 out of 10)
    there are no performance issues with perl-ldap.

    Where you may wish to use perl-ldap to perform, for example, a very
    large number of queries (e.g. 10,000) in succession you may find a
    noticeable performance difference between perl-ldap and non pure-Perl
    modules. This is not because of perl-ldap itself but because of the
    pure-Perl Convert::ASN1 module that it depends on.

    You should make up your own mind, based upon your own situation
    (performance requirements, hardware etc.) as to whether you should use
    perl-ldap or not. The figures quoted in this answer are only indicative,
    and will differ for different people.

  Can I contribute Perl scripts that use perl-ldap
to the contrib section?
    Any one can submit a Perl script that uses perl-ldap for inclusion in
    the contrib section. The perl-ldap maintainers will determiner if the
    script will be included and will do the initial check in of the script
    to the Git repository at https://github.com/perl-ldap/perl-ldap.

    There are a couple of requirements for consideration.

    You must supply a one line description of your script to be included in
    the contrib README file.

    Inside the script will be the pod documentation for the script. No
    auxiliary documentation will be allowed. For examples of how to do this
    see the tklkup script currently in the contrib section.

  Is it possible to get a complete entry, DN and attributes
without specifying the attributes name?
    Yes, just specify you want a list of no attributes back. The RFC says
    that this tells the server to return all readable attributes back (there
    may be access controls to prevent some from being returned.)

    So in the search method, just set (for LDAPv2):

                    attrs => [ ]

    If you are using LDAPv3, you can specify an attribute called "*"
    instead, which lets you ask for additional (i.g. operational) attributes
    in the same search.

                    attrs => [ "*" ]

    To get all operational attributes in a search, some servers allow the
    use of the "+" pseudo attribute. So that with these servers

                    attrs => [ "*", "+" ]

    will return the most information from the server.

  How do I put a JPEG photo into a entry in the directory?
    Follow the following code example, replacing the (...) with whatever is
    relevant to your setup.

      use Net::LDAP;
      use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_text);
      use CGI;

      local $/ = undef;
      my $jpeg = <$filename>;

      my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new(...);
      my $res = $ldap->bind(...);
         $res = $ldap->modify(...,
                       add => [ 'jpegPhoto' => [ $jpeg ] ]);
         $res = $ldap->unbind();

  How do I add a jpeg photo into a entry in the directory via html-forms?
    Follow the following code example, replacing the (...) with whatever is
    relevant to your setup.

      use Net::LDAP;
      use Net::LDAP::Util qw(ldap_error_text);
      use CGI;

      my $q = new CGI;

      print $q->header;
      print $q->start_html(-title => 'Change JPEG photo');

      if ($q->param('Update')) {
              my $filename = $q->param('jpeg');
              local $/ = undef;
              my $jpeg = <$filename>;

              my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new(...);
              my $res = $ldap->bind(...);
              $res = $ldap->modify(...,
                              add => [ 'jpegPhoto' => [ $jpeg ] ]);
              $res = $ldap->unbind();
      } else {
              print $q->start_multipart_form();
              print $q->filefield(-name => 'jpeg', -size => 50);
              print $q->submit('Update');
              print $q->end_form();
      }

      print $q->end_html();

  What happens when you delete an attribute that does not exist?
    It is an error to delete an attribute that doesn't exist. When you get
    the error back the server ignores the entire modify operation you sent
    it, so you need to make sure the error doesn't happen.

    Another approach, if you are using LDAPv3 (note beginning with version
    .27 Net::LDAP uses LDAPv3 by default) is to use a 'replace' with your
    attribute name and no values. In LDAPv3, this is defined to always work
    even if that attribute doesn't exist in the entry.

    I.e.:

      my $mesg = $ldap->modify( $entry, replace => { %qv_del_arry } );

    But make sure you are using LDAPv3, because that is defined to not work
    in LDAPv2. (A nice incompatibility between LDAPv2 and LDAPv3.)

  How can I delete a referral from an LDAP tree?
    Since this is a proprietary feature, you will have to check your
    server's documentation. You might find that you need to use a control.
    If there is a control called something like ManageDsaIT, that's the one
    you should probably use. For proper operation you will need the oid
    number for ManageDsaIT; 2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.2 and do not specify a
    value for type.

    The code required will look similar to the following code snippet.

      $mesg =  $ldap->delete("ref=\"ldap://acme/c=us,o=bricks\",o=clay",
                      control => {type => "2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.2"} );

  How do I add an ACI/ACL entry to a directory server with
perl-ldap?
    ACIs and ACLs are proprietary features in LDAP. The following code
    snippet works with a Netscape directory server. You will need the
    specify the correct DN (-DN-) and correct attribute(s) (-ATTRNAMEs-).

      my $aci = '(target="ldap:///-DN-")(targetattr="-ATTRNAMEs-")(version 3.0;
                  acl "-ACLNAME-"; deny(all) userdn = "ldap:///self";)' ;

      $ldap->modify($dn_modif, add => {'aci' => $aci });

  How do I avoid file type and data type mis-matching when loading
data from a Win32 system?
    When loading a binary attribute with data read from a file on a Win32
    system, it has been noted that you should set "binmode" on the file
    before reading the file contents into the data array.

    Another possible solution to this problem is to convert the binary data
    into a base64 encoded string and then store the encoded string in the
    file. Then when reading the file, decode the base64 encoded string back
    to binary and then use perl-ldap to store the data in the directory.

  How do I create an account in Active Directory?
    Active Directory accounts need some AD-specific attributes (only the
    method we're interested in, no error checking):

      $mesg = $ldap->add( 'cn=John Doe,cn=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                          attrs => [
                            objectClass => [ qw/top user/ ],
                            cn => 'John Doe',
                            sn => 'Doe',
                            givenName => 'John',
                            displayName => 'John "the one" Doe',
                            userAccountControl => 514,      # disabled regular user
                            sAMAccountName => 'JohnDoe',
                            userPrincipalName => 'JohnDoe AT your.domain'
                          ]
                        );

    In order to find out what other attributes can be set, interactively
    edit the user in the Active Directory Users and Computers MCC plugin,
    perform an LDAP search operation to find out what changed, and update
    your "add" routine accordingly.

  How can I create a group in Active Directory?
    Similar to accounts, groups need some AD-specific attributes too:

      $mesg = $ldap->add( 'cn=NewGroup,cn=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                          attrs => [
                            objectClass => [ qw/top group/ ],
                            cn => 'NewGroup',
                            sAMAccountName => 'NewGroup',
                            groupType => 0x80000002         # global, security enabled group
                          ]
                        );

  How do I search for disabled accounts in Active Directory
    The bit values in "userAccountControl" require the
    LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_BIT_AND matching rule's OID to be used in an
    extensible filter term:

      $mesg = $ldap->search( base   => 'cn=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             filter => '(&(objectclass=user)' .
                                          (userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))',
                             attrs  => [ '1.1' ]
                           );

  How can I search for security groups in Active Directory
    With groups, the same applies to the "groupType" bit-field:

      $mesg = $ldap->search( base   => 'cn=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             filter => '(&(objectclass=group)' .
                                          (groupType:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2147483648))',
                                          # 2147483648 = 0x80000000
                             attrs  => [ '1.1' ]
                           );

  How can I search for all members of a group in AD (including group nesting)?
    AD allows you to find all members of a specified group, the direct
    members plus those that are member of the group via group nesting.

    The trick to this is the special "LDAP_MATCHING_RULE_IN_CHAIN" matching
    rule:

      $mesg = $ldap->search( base   => 'cn=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             filter => '(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=Testgroup,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain)',
                             attrs  => [ '1.1' ]
                           );

  How can I search for all groups one user is a member of in AD (including group nesting)?
    Similarly you can search for all the groups one user is member of,
    either directly or via group nesting.

      $mesg = $ldap->search( base   => 'dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             filter => '(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=TestUser,ou=Users,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain)',
                             attrs  => [ '1.1' ]
                           );

  How do I search for all members of a large group in AD?
    AD normally restricts the number of attribute values returned in one
    query. The exact number depends on the AD server version: it was ~1000
    in Win2000, 1500 in Win2003 and is 5000 in Win2008 & Win2008R2.

    Performing the same standard search again will yield the same values
    again.

    So, how can you get all members of a really large AD group?

    The trick to use here is to use Microsoft's *range option* when
    searching, i.e instead of doing one search for plain "member", perform
    multiple searches for e.g. "member;range=1000-*" where the range
    starting index increases accordingly:

      my $mesg;
      my @members;
      my $index = 0;

      while ($index ne '*') {
        $mesg = $ldap->search( base   => 'cn=Testgroup,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                               filter => '(objectclass=group)',
                               scope  => 'base',
                               attrs  => [ ($index > 0) ? "member;range=$index-*" : 'member' ]
                             );
        if ($mesg->code == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
          my $entry = $mesg->entry(0);
          my $attr;

          # large group: let's do the range option dance
          if (($attr) = grep(/^member;range=/, $entry->attributes)) {
            push(@members, $entry->get_value($attr));

            if ($attr =~ /^member;range=\d+-(.*)$/) {
              $index = $1;
              $index++  if ($index ne '*');
            }
          }
          # small group: no need for the range dance
          else {
            @members = $entry->get_value('member');
            last;
          }
        }
        # failure
        else {
          last;
        }
      }

      if ($mesg->code == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
        # success: @members contains the members of the group
      }
      else {
        # failure: deal with the error in $mesg
      }

    See
    <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa367017.aspx>
    for more details.

  How do I create a Microsoft Exchange 5.x user?
    This is a solution provided by a perl-ldap user.

    This code works with ActiveState Perl running on WinNT 4. Please note
    that this requires the Win32::Perms module, and needs valid NT account
    info to replace the placeholders.

      use Net::LDAP;
      use Net::LDAP::Util;
      use Win32::Perms;

      #Constants taken from ADSI Type Library
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_ADD_CHILD = 1;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_DELETE = 0x10000;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_DS_REPLICATION = 64;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_DS_SEARCH = 256;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MAIL_ADMIN_AS = 32;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MAIL_RECEIVE_AS = 16;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MAIL_SEND_AS = 8;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MODIFY_ADMIN_ATT = 4;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MODIFY_SEC_ATT = 128;
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MODIFY_USER_ATT = 2;

      $EXCH_USER_RIGHTS = $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MAIL_RECEIVE_AS |
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MAIL_SEND_AS |
      $ADS_RIGHT_EXCH_MODIFY_USER_ATT;

      $exch = Net::LDAP->new('server', debug =>0) || die $@;

      $exch->bind( 'cn=admin_user,cn=nt_domain,cn=admin', version =>3,
      password=>'password');

      $myObj = Win32::Perms->new();
      $Result = $myObj->Owner('nt_domain\user_name');
      $myObj->Group('nt_domain\Everyone');
      $myObj->Allow('nt_domain\user_name',
      $EXCH_USER_RIGHTS,OBJECT_INHERIT_ACE);
      $BinarySD = $myObj->GetSD(SD_RELATIVE);
      $TextSD = uc(unpack( "H*", $BinarySD ));
      Win32::Perms::ResolveSid('nt_domain\user_name', $sid);
      $mysid = uc(unpack("H*",$sid));

      $result = $exch->add ( dn   =>
                    'cn=user_name,cn=container,ou=site,o=organisation',
                    attr => [ 'objectClass' => ['organizationalPerson'],
                              'cn'   => 'directory_name',
                              'uid' => 'mail_nickname',
                              'mail' => 'smtp_address',
                            'assoc-nt-account' => [ $mysid ],
                            'nt-security-descriptor' => [ $TextSD ],
                            'mailPreferenceOption'  => 0
                            ]
                  );


      print ldap_error_name($result->code);

  How do I reset a user's password ...
   ... in most LDAP servers?
    Most LDAP servers use the standard userPassword attribute as the
    attribute to set when you want to change a user's password.

    They usually allow one to set the password either using the regular
    modify operation on the userPassword attribute or using the extended
    LDAP Password Modify operation defined in RFC3062.

    The recommended method is the extended Password Modify operation, which
    offers a standardized way to set user passwords but unfortunately is not
    available on all LDAP servers.

    Whether the extended Password Modify operation is available can be found
    out by searching the attribute supportedExtension for the value
    1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1 in the RootDSE object.

    If the extended Password Modify operation is not available the
    alternative is the regular modification of the userPassword attribute.

    But this method has some drawbacks:

    *   Depending on the type of the server the arguments to the modify
        operations may vary. Some want the modify done with replace, some
        want it done by explicitly deleting the old password and add of the
        new one. This may even depend on whether you change the password for
        the bound user or as an administrator for another user.

    *   With the modify operation some servers expect the client to do the
        hashing of the password on the client side. I.e. all clients that
        set passwords need to agree on the algorithm and the format of the
        hashed password.

    *   Some LDAP servers do not allow setting the password if the
        connection is not sufficiently secured. I.e. require SSL or TLS
        support to set the password (which is heavily recommended anyway ;-)

    Here is an example of how to change your own password (for brevity's
    sake error checking is left out):

      use Net::LDAP;

      my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldaps://server.domain')  or  die "$@";
      my $mesg = $ldap->bind('cn=Joe User,dc=perl,dc=ldap,dc=org',
                             password => 'oldPW');

      my $rootdse = $ldap->root_dse();

      if ($rootdse->supported_extension('1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.11.1')) {

          require Net::LDAP::Extension::SetPassword;

          $mesg = $ldap->set_password(user => 'cn=Joe User,dc=perl,dc=ldap,dc=org',
                                      oldpasswd => 'oldPW',
                                      newpasswd => 'newPW');
      }
      else {
          $mesg = $ldap->modify('cn=Joe User,dc=perl,dc=ldap,dc=org',
                                changes => [
                                    delete => [ userPassword => $oldPW ]
                                    add    => [ userPassword => $newPW ] ]);
      }

      $ldap->unbind();

   ... in MS Active Directory?
    With Active Directory a user's password is stored in the unicodePwd
    attribute and changed using the regular modify operation.

    ADS expects this password to be encoded in Unicode - UTF-16 to be exact.
    Before the Unicode conversion is done the password needs to be
    surrounded by double quotes which do not belong to the user's password.

    For the password modify operation to succeed SSL is required.

    When changing the password for the user bound to the directory ADS
    expects it to be done by deleting the old password and adding the new
    one. When doing it as a user with administrative privileges replacing
    the unicodePwd's value with a new one is allowed too.

    Perl-ldap contains convenience methods for Active Directory that allow
    one to perform this task very easily.

    Here's an example that demonstrates setting your own password from
    $oldPW to $newPW (again almost no error checking):

      use Net::LDAP;
      use Net::LDAP::Extra qw(AD);

      my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldaps://ads.domain.controller')  or  die "$@";

      my $mesg = $ldap->bind('cn=Joe User,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             password => $oldPW);

      $mesg = $ldap->change_ADpassword('cn=Joe User,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                                       $oldPW, $newPW);

      $ldap->unbind();

    And the same for perl-ldap versions before 0.49, where everything needs
    to be done by hand:

      use Net::LDAP;
      use Unicode::Map8;
      use Unicode::String qw(utf16);

      # build the conversion map from your local character set to Unicode
      my $charmap = Unicode::Map8->new('latin1')  or  die;

      # surround the PW with double quotes and convert it to UTF-16
      # byteswap() was necessary in experiments on i386 Linux, YMMV
      my $oldUniPW = $charmap->tou('"'.$oldPW.'"')->byteswap()->utf16();
      my $newUniPW = $charmap->tou('"'.$newPW.'"')->byteswap()->utf16();

      my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('ldaps://ads.domain.controller')  or  die "$@";

      my $mesg = $ldap->bind('cn=Joe User,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                             password => $oldPW);

      $mesg = $ldap->modify('cn=Joe User,dc=your,dc=ads,dc=domain',
                            changes => [
                                delete => [ unicodePwd => $oldUniPW ]
                                add    => [ unicodePwd => $newUniPW ] ]);

      $ldap->unbind();

  How can I simulate server failover?
    Perl-ldap does not do server failover, however there are several
    programming options for getting around this situation.

    Here is one possible solution:

      $ldaps = Net::LDAPS->new([ $ldapserverone, $ldapservertwo ],
                               port=>636, timeout=>5)  or  die "$@";

    For perl-ldap versions before 0.27, the same goal can be achieved using:

      unless ( $ldaps =
                Net::LDAPS->new($ldapserverone,
                                port=>636,timeout=>5) )
              {
                  $ldaps = Net::LDAPS->new($ldapservertwo,
                                           port=>636,timeout=>20) ||
                  return
                  "Can't connect to $ldapserverone or $ldapservertwo via LDAPS: $@";
              }

Using X.509 certificates.
  How do I store X.509 certificates in the directory?
    The first problem here is that there are many different formats to hold
    certificates in, for example PEM, DER, PKCS#7 and PKCS#12. The directory
    only uses the DER format (more correctly, it only uses the BER format)
    which is a binary format.

    Your first job is to ensure that your certificates are therefore in
    DER/BER format. You could use OpenSSL to convert from PEM like this:

      openssl x509 -inform PEM -in cert.pem -outform DER -out cert.der

    Consult the OpenSSL documentation to find out how to perform other
    conversions.

    To add a certificate to the directory, just slurp in the DER/BER
    certificate into a scalar variable, and add it to the entry's
    userCertificate attribute. How you do that will depend on which version
    of LDAP you are using.

    To slurp in the certificate try something like this:

      my $cert;
      {
          local $/ = undef; # Slurp mode
          open CERT, "cert.der" or die;
          binmode CERT;     # for Windows e.a.
          $cert = <CERT>;
          close CERT;
      }
      # The certificate is now in $cert

    For LDAPv2, because most directory vendors ignore the string
    representation of certificates defined in RFC 1778, you should add this
    value to the directory like this:

      $res = $ldap->modify("cn=My User, o=My Company,c=XY",
                           add => [
                                   'userCertificate' => [ $cert ]
                                  ]);
      die "Modify failed (" . ldap_error_name($res->code) . ")\n"
          if $res->code;

    For LDAPv3, you must do this instead:

      $res = $ldap->modify("cn=My User, o=My Company, c=XY",
                           add => [
                                   'userCertificate;binary' => [ $cert ]
                                  ]);
      die "Modify failed (" . ldap_error_name($res->code) . ")\n"
          if $res->code;

    Of course, the entry you are trying to add the certificate to must use
    object classes that permit the userCertificate attribute, otherwise the
    modify will fail with an object class violation error. The inetOrgPerson
    structural object class permits userCertificates, as does the
    strongAuthenticationUser auxiliary object class. Others might also.

  How do I search objects by the contents of certificates.
    The directory needs to support one or more of the certificate*Match
    matching rules.

    Then using the filter (for certificateExactMatch)

      (userCertificate={ serialNumber 1234, issuer "cn=CA,o=TrustCenter" })

    allows searching for the objects containing the attribute
    userCertificate with a certificate matching these criteria.

    Please note that the exact syntax of the values for the serialNumber and
    the issuer above may depend on the LDAP server. In any case the example
    above works with OpenLDAP 2.4.33.

ADDITIONAL DIRECTORY AND LDAP RESOURCES.
  URLs.
    Net::LDAP::Server - LDAP server framework in Perl
    http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Net::LDAP::Server
    https://github.com/alexrj/Net-LDAP-Server

    Net::LDAP::SimpleServer - LDAP server in Perl
    http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Net::LDAP::SimpleServer
    https://github.com/russoz/Net-LDAP-SimpleServer

    LemonLDAP::NG - Web SingleSignOn solution & SAML IdP in Perl
    http://lemonldap-ng.org/

    Dancer::Plugin::LDAP - LDAP plugin for Dancer micro framework
    http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Dancer::Plugin::LDAP
    https://github.com/racke/Dancer-Plugin-LDAP

    Directory Services Mark Language (DSML) http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/

    eMailman LDAP information http://www.emailman.com/ldap/

    Rafael Corvalan's LDAP shell http://sf.net/projects/ldapsh

    Jeff Hodges's Kings Mountain LDAP
    http://www.kingsmountain.com/ldapRoadmap.shtml (outdated: last update
    was in 2004)

    willeke.com's LDAP Wiki http://ldapwiki.willeke.com/wiki/LDAP

    OpenLDAP Directory Server - open source LDAP server.
    http://www.openldap.org/

    389 Directory Server - open source LDAP server http://port389.org/

    ApacheDS - open source LDAP server in Java http://directory.apache.org/

    CriticalPath http://www.cp.net/

    ForgeRock's OpenDS - LDAPv3 server with additional REST APIs
    http://www.forgerock.com/opendj.html

    IBM Tivoli Directory Server
    http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/directory-server/

    Isode (was MessagingDirect) http://www.isode.com/

    Nexor's X.500 and Internet Directories
    http://www.nexor.com/info/directory.htm/

    Novell's eDirectory http://www.novell.com/

    Octet String http://www.octetstring.com/

    SUN JAVA JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface)
    http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/overview.html

    Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition, formerly Sun One, formerly
    iPlanet.
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/id-mgmt/index-085178.html

    OptimalIDM - Virtual Identity Server - .NET LDAP virtual directory
    http://www.optimalidm.com/products/vis/Virtual-Directory-Server-VDS.aspx

    Quest One Quick Connect Virtual Directory Server - LDAP virtual
    directory
    http://www.quest.com/quest-one-quick-connect-virtual-directory-server/

    UnboundID's Identity data platform https://www.unboundid.com/

    Virtual Directory Blogger https://virtualdirectory.wordpress.com/

    eldapo - a directory manager's blog http://eldapo.blogspot.de/

    Eine deutsche LDAP Website A German LDAP Website
    http://verzeichnisdienst.de/ldap/Perl/index.html

    (non-exhaustive) list of LDAP software on Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LDAP_software

    "RFC Sourcebook" on LDAP
    http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ldap.htm

    web2ldap - WWW gateway to LDAP server in Python http://www.web2ldap.de/

    Softerra LDAP Browser / Administrator http://www.ldapbrowser.com/

    The 2 following URLs deal mainly with Microsoft's Active Directory.

    Directory Works http://directoryworks.com/

    LDAP Client .Net & ActiveX LDAP Client
    http://www.ldapservices.com/Products/Default.aspx

  BOOKS
    Developing LDAP and ADSI Clients for Microsoft(R) Exchange. By Sven B.
    Schreiber. ISBN: 0201657775

    Implementing LDAP. By Mark Wilcox. ISBN: 1861002211

    LDAP: Programming Directory-Enabled Applications With Lightweight
    Directory Access Protocol. By Tim Howes, Mark Smith. ISBN: 1578700000

    LDAP Programming; Directory Management and Integration. By Clayton
    Donley. ISBN: 1884777910

    LDAP Programming with Java. By Rob Weltman, Tony Dahbura. ISBN:
    0201657589

    LDAP System Administration. By Gerald Carter. ISBN: 1565924916

    Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services. By Robbie Allen, Richard
    Puckett. ISBN: 0672321254

    Solaris and LDAP Naming Services. By Tom Bialaski, Michael Haines. ISBN:
    0-13-030678-9

    Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2ed). By Tim Howes,
    Mark Smith, Gordon Good. ISBN: 0672323168

    LDAP Directories Explained. By Brian Arkills. ISBN 0-201-78792-X

AUTHORS
    Any good FAQ is made up of many authors, everyone that contributes
    information to the perl-ldap mail list is a potential author.

    An attempt to maintain this FAQ is being done by Chris Ridd
    <chris.ridd AT isode.com> and Peter Marschall <peter AT adpm.de>. It was
    previously updated by Clif Harden <charden AT pobox.com>.

    The original author of this FAQ was Graham Barr <gbarr AT pobox.com>

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

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Graham Barr, (c) 2012 Peter Marschall. All
    rights reserved. This document is distributed, and may be redistributed,
    under the same terms as Perl itself.


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