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NAME

       eldap - LDAP Client

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides a client api to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

       References:

         * RFC 4510 - RFC 4519

         * RFC 2830

       The above publications can be found at IETF.

DATA TYPES

       Type definitions that are used more than once in this module:

         handle():
           Connection handle

         attribute() =:
           {Type = string(), Values=[string()]}

         modify_op():
           See mod_add/2, mod_delete/2, mod_replace/2

         scope():
           See baseObject/0, singleLevel/0, wholeSubtree/0

         dereference():
           See neverDerefAliases/0, derefInSearching/0, derefFindingBaseObj/0, derefAlways/0

         filter():
           See   present/1,   substrings/2,   equalityMatch/2,  greaterOrEqual/2,  lessOrEqual/2,
           approxMatch/2, extensibleMatch/2, 'and'/1, 'or'/1, 'not'/1

         return_value() = :
           ok | {ok, {referral,referrals()}} | {error,Error}

         referrals() =:
           [Address = string()] The contents of Address is server dependent.

EXPORTS

       open([Host]) -> {ok, Handle} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()

              Setup a connection to an LDAP server, the HOST's are tried in order.

       open([Host], [Option]) -> {ok, Handle} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()
                 Option = {port, integer()} | {log, function()} | {timeout,  integer()}  |  {ssl,
                 boolean()} | {sslopts, list()} | {tcpopts, list()}

              Setup a connection to an LDAP server, the HOST's are tried in order.

              The log function takes three arguments, fun(Level, FormatString, [FormatArg]) end.

              Timeout set the maximum time in milliseconds that each server request may take.

              All  TCP socket options are accepted except active, binary, deliver, list, mode and
              packet

       close(Handle) -> ok

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()

              Shutdown the connection after sending  an  unbindRequest  to  the  server.  If  the
              connection  is  tls  the connection will be closed with ssl:close/1, otherwise with
              gen_tcp:close/1.

       start_tls(Handle, Options) -> return_value()

              Same as start_tls(Handle, Options, infinity)

       start_tls(Handle, Options, Timeout) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()
                 Options = ssl:ssl_options()
                 Timeout = infinity | positive_integer()

              Upgrade the connection associated with Handle to a tls connection if possible.

              The upgrade is done in two phases: first the server  is  asked  for  permission  to
              upgrade. Second, if the request is acknowledged, the upgrade to tls is performed.

              Error  responses from phase one will not affect the current encryption state of the
              connection. Those responses are:

                tls_already_started:
                  The connection is already encrypted. The connection is not affected.

                {response,ResponseFromServer}:
                  The upgrade was refused by the LDAP server. The ResponseFromServer is  an  atom
                  delivered  byt  the  LDAP  server  explained  in  section  2.3 of rfc 2830. The
                  connection is not affected, so it is still un-encrypted.

              Errors in the second phase will however end the connection:

                Error:
                  Any error responded from ssl:connect/3

              The Timeout parameter is for the actual tls upgrade (phase 2) while the timeout  in
              eldap:open/2 is used for the initial negotiation about upgrade (phase 1).

       simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()
                 Dn = string()
                 Password = string()

              Authenticate the connection using simple authentication.

       add(Handle, Dn, [Attribute]) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Handle = handle()
                 Dn = string()
                 Attribute = attribute()

              Add an entry. The entry must not exist.

                add(Handle,
                    "cn=Bill Valentine, ou=people, o=Example Org, dc=example, dc=com",
                     [{"objectclass", ["person"]},
                      {"cn", ["Bill Valentine"]},
                      {"sn", ["Valentine"]},
                      {"telephoneNumber", ["545 555 00"]}]
                   )

       delete(Handle, Dn) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Dn = string()

              Delete an entry.

                delete(Handle, "cn=Bill Valentine, ou=people, o=Example Org, dc=example, dc=com")

       mod_add(Type, [Value]) -> modify_op()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create an add modification operation.

       mod_delete(Type, [Value]) -> modify_op()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a delete modification operation.

       mod_replace(Type, [Value]) -> modify_op()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a replace modification operation.

       modify(Handle, Dn, [ModifyOp]) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Dn = string()
                 ModifyOp = modify_op()

              Modify an entry.

                modify(Handle, "cn=Bill Valentine, ou=people, o=Example Org, dc=example, dc=com",
                       [eldap:mod_replace("telephoneNumber", ["555 555 00"]),
                     eldap:mod_add("description", ["LDAP Hacker"]) ])

       modify_password(Handle, Dn, NewPasswd) -> return_value() | {ok, GenPasswd}

              Types:

                 Dn = string()
                 NewPasswd = string()

              Modify the password of a user. See modify_password/4.

       modify_password(Handle, Dn, NewPasswd, OldPasswd) -> return_value() | {ok, GenPasswd}

              Types:

                 Dn = string()
                 NewPasswd = string()
                 OldPasswd = string()
                 GenPasswd = string()

              Modify the password of a user.

                * Dn.  The  user to modify. Should be "" if the modify request is for the user of
                  the LDAP session.

                * NewPasswd. The new password to set. Should be "" if the server is  to  generate
                  the password. In this case, the result will be {ok, GenPasswd}.

                * OldPasswd.  Sometimes  required  by  server  policy  for a user to change their
                  password. If not required, use modify_password/3.

       modify_dn(Handle, Dn, NewRDN, DeleteOldRDN, NewSupDN) -> return_value()

              Types:

                 Dn = string()
                 NewRDN = string()
                 DeleteOldRDN = boolean()
                 NewSupDN = string()

              Modify the DN of an entry. DeleteOldRDN indicates whether the current RDN should be
              removed  from  the  attribute  list  after the after operation. NewSupDN is the new
              parent that the RDN shall be moved to. If the old parent should remain  as  parent,
              NewSupDN shall be "".

                modify_dn(Handle, "cn=Bill Valentine, ou=people, o=Example Org, dc=example, dc=com ",
                          "cn=Bill Jr Valentine", true, "")

       search(Handle,     SearchOptions)     ->     {ok,     #eldap_search_result{}}    |    {ok,
       {referral,referrals()}} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 SearchOptions = #eldap_search{} | [SearchOption]
                 SearchOption = {base, string()}  |  {filter,  filter()}  |  {scope,  scope()}  |
                 {attributes,  [string()]} | {deref, dereference()} | | {types_only, boolean()} |
                 {timeout, integer()}

              Search the directory with the supplied  the  SearchOptions.  The  base  and  filter
              options  must  be  supplied.  Default  values:  scope  is  wholeSubtree(), deref is
              derefAlways(), types_only is false and timeout is 0 (meaning infinity).

                Filter = eldap:substrings("cn", [{any,"V"}]),
                search(Handle, [{base, "dc=example, dc=com"}, {filter, Filter}, {attributes, ["cn"]}]),

              The timeout option in the SearchOptions is for the ldap server, while  the  timeout
              in eldap:open/2 is used for each individual request in the search operation.

       baseObject() -> scope()

              Search baseobject only.

       singleLevel() -> scope()

              Search the specified level only, i.e. do not recurse.

       wholeSubtree() -> scope()

              Search the entire subtree.

       neverDerefAliases() -> dereference()

              Never derefrence aliases, treat aliases as entries.

       derefAlways() -> dereference()

              Always derefrence aliases.

       derefInSearching() -> dereference()

              Derefrence aliases only when searching.

       derefFindingBaseObj() -> dereference()

              Derefrence aliases only in finding the base.

       present(Type) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()

              Create a filter which filters on attribute type presence.

       substrings(Type, [SubString]) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 SubString = {StringPart, string()}
                 StringPart = initial | any | final

              Create a filter which filters on substrings.

       equalityMatch(Type, Value) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a equality filter.

       greaterOrEqual(Type, Value) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a greater or equal filter.

       lessOrEqual(Type, Value) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a less or equal filter.

       approxMatch(Type, Value) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Type = string()
                 Value = string()

              Create a approximation match filter.

       extensibleMatch(MatchValue, OptionalAttrs) -> filter()

              Types:

                 MatchValue = string()
                 OptionalAttrs = [Attr]
                 Attr = {matchingRule,string()} | {type,string()} | {dnAttributes,boolean()}

              Creates an extensible match filter. For example,

                eldap:extensibleMatch("Bar", [{type,"sn"}, {matchingRule,"caseExactMatch"}]))

              creates  a  filter  which performs a caseExactMatch on the attribute sn and matches
              with the value "Bar". The default value of dnAttributes is false.

       'and'([Filter]) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Filter = filter()

              Creates a filter where all Filter must be true.

       'or'([Filter]) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Filter = filter()

              Create a filter where at least one of the Filter must be true.

       'not'(Filter) -> filter()

              Types:

                 Filter = filter()

              Negate a filter.