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NAME

       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@perl.org

       You can subscribe to this list by mailing perl-ldap-subscribe@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 0.44 with the version you have

          gunzip perl-ldap-0.44.tar.gz
          tar xvf perl-ldap-0.44.tar
          cd perl-ldap-0.44

          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/5.8.3
           /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.3
           /usr/lib/perl5
           /usr/share/perl5
           /usr/lib/perl/5.8.3
           /usr/share/perl/5.8.3
           /usr/local/lib/site_perl

       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 0.44 with the version you have

          gunzip perl-ldap-0.44.tar.gz
          tar xvf perl-ldap-0.44.tar
          cd perl-ldap-0.44/lib

          cp * /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

       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::LDAP

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.

       ie:

         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@your.ads.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 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@isode.com> and
       Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de>.  It was previously updated by Clif Harden
       <charden@pobox.com>.

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

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