NAME

       Net::LDAPI - use LDAP over a UNIX domain socket

SYNOPSIS

        use Net::LDAPI;

        $ldapi = Net::LDAPI->new('/var/run/ldapi');

        # alternate way
        use Net::LDAP;

        $ldapi = Net::LDAP->new('ldapi://');

DESCRIPTION

       Communicate using the LDAP protocol to a directory server using a UNIX domain socket. This
       mechanism is non-standard, UNIX-specific and not widely supported.

       All the normal "Net::LDAP" methods can be used with a "Net::LDAPI" object; see Net::LDAP
       for details.

CONSTRUCTOR

       new ( [SOCKPATH] )
           Create a new connection. SOCKPATH can optionally be specified, to specify the location
           of the UNIX domain socket to connect to.

           If SOCKPATH is not given, the environment variable "LDAPI_SOCK" is evaluated, and if
           that does not exist, the value "/var/run/ldapi" is used.

           See "new" in Net::LDAP for further details.

SEE ALSO

       Net::LDAP, IO::Socket::UNIX

BUGS

       None yet.

AUTHOR

       Derrik Pates <dpates@dsdk12.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Derrik Pates and Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This library
       is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.