Re: ldap-bind

On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Graham Barr<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote:
>>
>>> That's my problem then.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to check for bind failure?
>>
>> Yes, see Net::LDAP::Message and Net::LDAP::Constant docs
>>
>> the bind will fail, but the server will allow requests to continue  
>> as if the
>> bind had not happened. ie it will treat the connection as anonymous
>>
>> Graham.
>>
>
> Am I missing something really obvious?
>
> PERL code:
> my $errorMsg = $ldaps->bind ( "cn=crappy code" ) ;

you did not pass any options, so that is an anonymous bind.

try passing password => $password

Graham.


> print "dn: " . $errorMsg->dn . "\n" ;
> print "error: " . $errorMsg->error . "\n" ;
> print "done: " . $errorMsg->done . "\n" ;
> print "is_error: " . $errorMsg->is_error . "\n" ;
>
>
> PERL output:
> dn:
> error: Success
> done: 1
> is_error: 0
>
> Is it reporting sucess because it was able to 'fallback and rebind'?
> If so how do I get the failure of the initial bind?
>
> -Bryan
>