patch to compile with OpenLDAP 2.0.7

Michael Ströder michael at stroeder.com
Fri Nov 17 22:01:39 CET 2000


"Jeffrey C. Ollie" wrote:
> 
> Yes, a worthy goal.  However, it'd be nice to get a version out the
> door that compiles/links against 2.0.x and then worry about new
> functionality introduced by LDAPv3.

Konstantin's patches already compile cleanly and work. I will do
further testing this weekend. The most important goal was to be able
to bind as a LDAPv3 client.

> SSL/TLS would be high on my priority list.  I do know how to program
> in C but programming isn't my primary duty at work and I don't ever
> seem to get much free time at home that I can work on programming.

One of the main advantages of the OpenLDAP 2.0.x libs is that they
have already built-in support for LDAP over SSL, LDAP with STARTTLS
extension and SASL binding. Theoretically you can enable features
this by setting the right options...

Ciao, Michael.



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