michael@stroeder.com wrote:

Such an extension would be feasible. But still I'm not sure whether this distinction is needed. Although LDAP URL with empty hostport portion are used internally (e.g. in ACLs) this IMHO does not affect ldap_initialize(). Maybe I missed something. But before implementing a patch this should be clarified.

Do you suggest that an empty hostport (as ldap_initialize() arg) could mean that a SRV search is needed ? But this will reduce the search in the default domain name, won't it ? So, how to produce a search in another specific domain name when wished ? Where (in the URI) to appoint the root ("dc=my,dc=domain") or the explicit domain name ("my.domain") for the search domain ?...

Secondarily, how to specify the present meaning "this LDAP server" if we use this empty hostport syntaxe for SRV seach ? (A SRV search could respond when the user think to request his local LDAP server ...) --- PE