Re: How do you check a 'bind' in LDAP?

[hgolden]

Hey

The object will hold the error code if there is one, so you can check it. Here's an excerpt from the FAQ: http://ldap.perl.org/FAQ.html

"Most methods in Net::LDAP return a Net::LDAP::Message object, or a sub-class of that. This object will hold the results from the server, including the result code. So, for example, to determine the result of the bind operation.

  $mesg = $ldap->bind( $dn, password => $passwd );

  if ( $mesg->code ) {
    # Handle error codes here
  }

"

Hope this helps,

Hays

[LittleGreyCat]

Hays,

Many thanks - I was just coming back to update my question with a "found it" because another bit I was reading just sank in.

My code now has:

$result->code && die "\nSomething bad happened : ", $result->error ;

This works fine; I now feel dumb for not spotting it sooner.

Cheers

Dave R