Re: Automatically imply -x in case of -D

On Oct 17, 2008, at 5:03 AM, Michael Ströder wrote: > Howard Chu wrote: >> SASL Binds do not use a DN in the Bind request, therefore you don't need >> the -D option (and anything you provide there is ignored by the server). > > Hmm, since this issue is raised quite often how about handle this more > clearly? > > If -D is only appropriate for simple bind the command-line tools could > check whether -D is used and then give a hint that -x is to be used. Or > simply imply simple bind automagically. Same for -U. etc. > > Maybe I'm missing something. There are cases where a client might desire to send a bind DN with a SASL password. The protocol specification does not preclude this. The (new) protocol specification does say servers are to ignore any bind DN presented, but IIRC some don't ignore it. I would suggest that specifying simple Bind arguments when SASL is selected (by lack of -x) only lead to a warning, not an error (unless there is an override flag).