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LDAP_OPEN(3)            Library Functions Manual            LDAP_OPEN(3)

NAME         top

       ldap_init, ldap_initialize, ldap_open - Initialize the LDAP
       library and open a connection to an LDAP server

LIBRARY         top

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <ldap.h>

       LDAP *ldap_open(host, port)
       char *host;
       int port;

       LDAP *ldap_init(host, port)
       char *host;
       int port;

       int ldap_initialize(ldp, uri)
       LDAP **ldp;
       char *uri;

       int ldap_connect(ldp)
       LDAP *ldp;

       int ldap_set_urllist_proc(ld, proc, params)
       LDAP *ld;
       LDAP_URLLIST_PROC *proc;
       void *params;

       int (LDAP_URLLIST_PROC)(ld, urllist, url, params);
       LDAP *ld;
       LDAPURLDesc **urllist;
       LDAPURLDesc **url;
       void *params;

       #include <openldap.h>

       int ldap_init_fd(fd, proto, uri, ldp)
       ber_socket_t fd;
       int proto;
       char *uri;
       LDAP **ldp;

DESCRIPTION         top

       ldap_open() opens a connection to an LDAP server and allocates an
       LDAP structure which is used to identify the connection and to
       maintain per-connection information.  ldap_init() allocates an
       LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection.
       ldap_initialize() allocates an LDAP structure but does not open
       an initial connection.  ldap_init_fd() allocates an LDAP
       structure using an existing connection on the provided socket.
       One of these routines must be called before any operations are
       attempted.

       ldap_open() takes host, the hostname on which the LDAP server is
       running, and port, the port number to which to connect.  If the
       default IANA-assigned port of 389 is desired, LDAP_PORT should be
       specified for port.  The host parameter may contain a blank-
       separated list of hosts to try to connect to, and each host may
       optionally by of the form host:port.  If present, the :port
       overrides the port parameter to ldap_open().  Upon successfully
       making a connection to an LDAP server, ldap_open() returns a
       pointer to an opaque LDAP structure, which should be passed to
       subsequent calls to ldap_bind(), ldap_search(), etc. Certain
       fields in the LDAP structure can be set to indicate size limit,
       time limit, and how aliases are handled during operations; read
       and write access to those fields must occur by calling
       ldap_get_option(3) and ldap_set_option(3) respectively, whenever
       possible.

       ldap_init() acts just like ldap_open(), but does not open a
       connection to the LDAP server.  The actual connection open will
       occur when the first operation is attempted.

       ldap_initialize() acts like ldap_init(), but it returns an
       integer indicating either success or the failure reason, and it
       allows to specify details for the connection in the schema
       portion of the URI.  The uri parameter may be a comma- or
       whitespace-separated list of URIs containing only the schema, the
       host, and the port fields.  Apart from ldap, other (non-standard)
       recognized values of the schema field are ldaps (LDAP over TLS),
       ldapi (LDAP over IPC), and cldap (connectionless LDAP).  If other
       fields are present, the behavior is undefined.

       At this time, ldap_open() and ldap_init() are deprecated in favor
       of ldap_initialize(), essentially because the latter allows to
       specify a schema in the URI and it explicitly returns an error
       code.

       ldap_connect() causes a handle created by ldap_initialize() to
       connect to the server. This is useful in situations where a file
       descriptor is required before a request is performed.

       ldap_init_fd() allows an LDAP structure to be initialized using
       an already-opened connection. The proto parameter should be one
       of LDAP_PROTO_TCP, LDAP_PROTO_UDP, or LDAP_PROTO_IPC for a
       connection using TCP, UDP, or IPC, respectively. The value
       LDAP_PROTO_EXT may also be specified if user-supplied sockbuf
       handlers are going to be used. Note that support for UDP is not
       implemented unless libldap was built with LDAP_CONNECTIONLESS
       defined.  The uri parameter may optionally be provided for
       informational purposes.

       ldap_set_urllist_proc() allows to set a function proc of type
       LDAP_URLLIST_PROC that is called when a successful connection can
       be established.  This function receives the list of URIs parsed
       from the uri string originally passed to ldap_initialize(), and
       the one that successfully connected.  The function may manipulate
       the URI list; the typical use consists in moving the successful
       URI to the head of the list, so that subsequent attempts to
       connect to one of the URIs using the same LDAP handle will try it
       first.  If ld is null, proc is set as a global parameter that is
       inherited by all handlers within the process that are created
       after the call to ldap_set_urllist_proc().  By default, no
       LDAP_URLLIST_PROC is set.  In a multithreaded environment,
       ldap_set_urllist_proc() must be called before any concurrent
       operation using the LDAP handle is started.

       Note: the first call into the LDAP library also initializes the
       global options for the library. As such the first call should be
       single-threaded or otherwise protected to insure that only one
       call is active. It is recommended that ldap_get_option() or
       ldap_set_option() be used in the program's main thread before any
       additional threads are created.  See ldap_get_option(3).

ERRORS         top

       If an error occurs, ldap_open() and ldap_init() will return NULL
       and errno should be set appropriately.  ldap_initialize() and
       ldap_init_fd() will directly return the LDAP code associated to
       the error (or LDAP_SUCCESS in case of success); errno should be
       set as well whenever appropriate.  ldap_set_urllist_proc()
       returns LDAP_OPT_ERROR on error, and LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS on success.

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap(3), ldap_bind(3), ldap_get_option(3), ldap_set_option(3),
       lber-sockbuf(3), errno(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
       Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

COLOPHON         top

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