Re: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s and LDAP_SASL_QUIET

Any comments on this?

On 3/4/2021 4:05 PM, Jordan Brown wrote:
> ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s prints SASL-related messages on stderr by
> default, unless you specify LDAP_SASL_QUIET.
>
> This seems wrong.  The whole point of the "interact" function is to
> handle any required conversation with the user.  In particular, in a
> GUI application these messages won't go to the user; more likely they
> will just clutter up some log.
>
> Would the OpenLDAP community be receptive to a patch that directs
> these messages through the "interact" function?
>
> (I think they have very little value and should just be dropped; that
> would be OK too.)
>
>     SASL username: [email protected]
>     SASL SSF: 56
>     SASL data security layer installed.
>
> -- 
> Jordan Brown, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, Oracle Solaris


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Jordan Brown, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, Oracle Solaris