I've now resolved my issues.

Regards, Khaled

2010/8/3 Khaled Blah khaled.blah@googlemail.com:

Is there anyone who knows anything about this and could help me understand it?

Regards, Khaled

2010/7/31 Khaled Blah khaled.blah@googlemail.com:

...

Hello all,

I'm writing an LDAP application using OpenLDAP. First of all, thanks to the many contributors to this project! It's highly appreciated!

Now, I'm trying to understand how I can implement an application that knows how to deal with referrals. I've implemented a function which I assign via ldap_set_rebind_proc, however I am not entirely sure what to do within this function that I assign to  ldap_set_rebind_proc. What I've done so far is to parse the url parameter using ldap_url_parse and then assign the data from the LDAPURLDesc structure to my own data structure. Then I call ldap_init and ldap_bind_s in order to bind to the referral. However, it seems I am doing something wrong. Can anyone here give me any hints as to what to within that function that is assigned to ldap_set_rebind_proc?

Thanks in advance!

Regards, Khaled

Hi Chris,

my problems arose from not understanding the whole rebinding process. I understand that the LDAP structure must be prepared to handle referrals and to make a "backup" of the information that is affiliated with the original LDAP server. Before I would think that storing this information was my job. But really, the only thing one has to do in that ldap_set_rebind_proc callback function is to make a bind while OpenLDAP takes care of the rest.

Regards, Khaled

2010/8/3 Chris Jacobs Chris.Jacobs@apollogrp.edu:

What did you end up doing, out of curiosity?

• chris

Chris Jacobs, Systems Administrator Apollo Group  |  Apollo Marketing | Aptimus 2001 6th Ave Ste 3200 | Seattle, WA 98121 phone: 206.441.9100 x1245 | mobile: 206.601.3256 | fax: 206.441.9661 email: chris.jacobs@apollogrp.edu

----- Original Message ----- From: openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org openldap-technical-bounces@OpenLDAP.org To: openldap-technical@openldap.org openldap-technical@openldap.org Sent: Tue Aug 03 04:26:16 2010 Subject: Re: trying to understand referrals

I've now resolved my issues.

Regards, Khaled

2010/8/3 Khaled Blah khaled.blah@googlemail.com:

...

Is there anyone who knows anything about this and could help me understand it?

Regards, Khaled

2010/7/31 Khaled Blah khaled.blah@googlemail.com:

...

Hello all,

I'm writing an LDAP application using OpenLDAP. First of all, thanks to the many contributors to this project! It's highly appreciated!

Now, I'm trying to understand how I can implement an application that knows how to deal with referrals. I've implemented a function which I assign via ldap_set_rebind_proc, however I am not entirely sure what to do within this function that I assign to  ldap_set_rebind_proc. What I've done so far is to parse the url parameter using ldap_url_parse and then assign the data from the LDAPURLDesc structure to my own data structure. Then I call ldap_init and ldap_bind_s in order to bind to the referral. However, it seems I am doing something wrong. Can anyone here give me any hints as to what to within that function that is assigned to ldap_set_rebind_proc?

Thanks in advance!

Regards, Khaled

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