Full_Name: Philippe EYCHART Version: last OS: GNU-Linux URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (123.50.75.139)

Hi,

I have done an error in my program (I know, it's bad ;-) but, according to me, the reponse of the LDAP API C (function: ldap_modify_ext_s) is not appropriate:

I've tried to create a new attribute in an existing LDAPEntry (attribute "userPassword"), but with ... no attribute value!

Program trace, stopped on this break point: ... -> m_errNo = ldap_modify_ext_s ( m_desc, (*m_entryIn)->getIdentifier().c_str(), tmpMods, NULL, NULL ); this->freeMemory ( tmpMods ); ...

At this point, the debugger shows: Function Arguments m_desc = (LDAP *) 0x991820 *m_desc ... ld_errno = 0 ld_error = 0 ... (*(this->m_entryIn))->getIdentifier().c_str() = 0xb92968 "dc=accounts,dc=mydomain",, *tmpMods[0] mod_op = 128 mod_type = 0xa4dc50 "userPassword" mod_vals modv_strvals = 0x0 modv_bvals = 0x0 tmpMods[1] = (LDAPMod *) 0x0

So, there is actually (in "LDAPMod*[]" parameter) a null terminated array of "ldapmod" structures with only one structure defined, a structure where "mod_vals" is empty ...

Resultat: when this line (m_errNo = ldap_modify_ext_s...) is executed, no error is returned ; in fact, the program never returns !...

Regards. Philippe EYCHART http://home.gna.org/ldapcppei/Frontends/Howto-5.fr.html