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=head1 NAME

Net::LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 use Net::LDAP;

 $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( 'ldap.bigfoot.com' ) or die "$@";

 $mesg = $ldap->bind ;    # an anonymous bind

 $mesg = $ldap->search( # perform a search
                        base   => "c=US",
                        filter => "(&(sn=Barr)(o=Texas Instruments))"
                      );

 $mesg->code && die $mesg->error;

 foreach $entry ($mesg->entries) { $entry->dump; }

 $mesg = $ldap->unbind;   # take down session


 $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( 'ldap.umich.edu' );

 # bind to a directory with dn and password
 $mesg = $ldap->bind( 'cn=root, o=University of Michigan, c=us',
                      password => 'secret'
                    );

 $result = $ldap->add( 'cn=Barbara Jensen, o=University of Michigan, c=US',
                       attrs => [
                         'cn'   => ['Barbara Jensen', 'Barbs Jensen'],
                	 'sn'   => 'Jensen',
                	 'mail' => 'b.jensen@umich.edu',
                	 'objectclass' => ['top', 'person',
                                           'organizationalPerson',
                                           'inetOrgPerson' ],
                       ]
                     );

 $result->code && warn "failed to add entry: ", $result->error ;
 $mesg = $ldap->unbind;  # take down session

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<Net::LDAP> is a collection of modules that implements a LDAP
services API for Perl programs. The module may be used to search
directories or perform maintenance functions such as adding, deleting
or modifying entries.

This document assumes that the reader has some knowledge of the LDAP
protocol.

=head1 CONSTRUCTOR

=over 4

=item new ( HOST, OPTIONS )

Creates a new B<Net::LDAP> object and opens a connection to the named host.

C<HOST> may be a host name or an IP address. TCP port may be specified
after the host name followed by a colon (such as localhost:10389). The
default TCP port for LDAP is 389.

You can also specify a URI, such as 'ldaps://127.0.0.1:666' or
'ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock'. Note that '%2f's in the LDAPI
socket path will be translated into '/'. This is to support LDAP query
options like base, search etc. although the query part of the URI will
be ignored in this context. If port was not specified in the URI, the
default is either 389 or 636 for 'LDAP' and 'LDAPS' schemes
respectively.

C<HOST> may also be a reference to an array of hosts, host-port pairs
or URIs to try. Each will be tried in order until a connection is
made. Only when all have failed will the result of C<undef> be
returned.

=over 4

=item port =E<gt> N

Port to connect to on the remote server. May be overridden by C<HOST>.

=item scheme =E<gt> 'ldap' | 'ldaps' | 'ldapi'

Connection scheme to use when not using an URI as C<HOST>.
(Default: ldap)

=item keepalive =E<gt> 1

If given, set the socket's SO_KEEPALIVE option depending on
the Boolean value of the option.
(Default: use system default)

Failures in changing the socket's SO_KEEPALIVE option are ignored.

=item timeout =E<gt> N

Timeout passed to L<IO::Socket> when connecting the remote server.
(Default: 120)

=item multihomed =E<gt> N

Will be passed to L<IO::Socket> as the C<MultiHomed> parameter
when connecting to the remote server

=item localaddr =E<gt> HOST

Will be passed to L<IO::Socket> as the C<LocalAddr> parameter, which
sets the client's IP address (as opposed to the server's IP address.)

=item debug =E<gt> N

Set the debug level. See the L<debug|/debug> method for details.

=item async =E<gt> 1

Perform all operations asynchronously.

=item onerror =E<gt> 'die' | 'warn' | undef | sub { ... }

In synchronous mode, change what happens when an error is detected.

=over 4

=item 'die'

Net::LDAP will croak whenever an error is detected.

=item 'warn'

Net::LDAP will warn whenever an error is detected.

=item undef

Net::LDAP will warn whenever an error is detected and C<-w> is in
effect. The method that was called will return C<undef>.

=item sub { ... }

The given sub will be called in a scalar context with a single
argument, the result message. The value returned will be the return
value for the method that was called.

=back

=item version =E<gt> N

Set the protocol version being used (default is LDAPv3). This is
useful if you want to talk to an old server and therefore have to use
LDAPv2.

=item raw =E<gt> REGEX

Use REGEX to denote the names of attributes that are to be considered
binary in search results.

When running on Perl 5.8 and this option is given Net::LDAP converts all
values of attributes not matching this REGEX into Perl UTF-8 strings
so that the regular Perl operators (pattern matching, ...) can operate
as one expects even on strings with international characters.

If this option is not given or the version of Perl Net::LDAP is running
on is too old strings are encoded the same as in earlier versions of
perl-ldap.

Example: raw =E<gt> qr/(?i:^jpegPhoto|;binary)/

=item inet4 =E<gt> N

=item inet6 =E<gt> N

Try to connect to the server using the specified IP protocol only,
i.e. either IPv4 or IPv6.
If the protocol selected is not supported, connecting will fail.

The default is to use any of the two protocols.

=back

B<Example>

  $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( 'remote.host', async => 1 );

LDAPS connections have some extra valid options, see the
L<start_tls|/start_tls> method for details. Note the default value for
'sslversion' for LDAPS is 'sslv23', and the default port for LDAPS
is 636.

For LDAPI connections, HOST is actually the location of a UNIX domain
socket to connect to. The default location is '/var/run/ldapi'.

=back

=head1 METHODS

Each of the following methods take as arguments some number of fixed
parameters followed by options, these options are passed in a named
fashion, for example

  $mesg = $ldap->bind( "cn=me,o=example", password => "mypasswd");

The return value from these methods is an object derived from the
L<Net::LDAP::Message> class. The methods of this class allow
you to examine the status of the request.


=over 4

=item abandon ( ID, OPTIONS )

Abandon a previously issued request. C<ID> may be a number or an
object which is a sub-class of L<Net::LDAP::Message>, returned from a
previous method call.

=over 4

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below

=back

B<Example>

  $res = $ldap->search( @search_args );

  $mesg = $ldap->abandon( $res ); # This could be written as $res->abandon


=item add ( DN, OPTIONS )

Add a new entry to the directory. C<DN> can be either a
L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object or a string.

=over 4

=item attrs =E<gt> [ ATTR =E<gt> VALUE, ... ]

C<VALUE> should be a string if only a single value is wanted, or a
reference to an array of strings if multiple values are wanted.

This argument is not used if C<DN> is a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below

=back

B<Example>

  # $entry is an object of class Net::LDAP::Entry
  $mesg = $ldap->add( $entry );

  $mesg = $ldap->add( $dn,
                      attrs => [
                        name  => 'Graham Barr',
                        attr  => 'value1',
                        attr  => 'value2',
                        multi => [qw(value1 value2)]
                      ]
                    );

=item bind ( DN, OPTIONS )

Bind (log in) to the server. C<DN> is the DN to bind with. An
anonymous bind may be done by calling bind without any arguments.

=over 4

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below

=item noauth | anonymous =E<gt> 1

Bind without any password. The value passed with this option is ignored.

=item password =E<gt> PASSWORD

Bind with the given password.

=item sasl =E<gt> SASLOBJ

Bind using a SASL mechanism. The argument given should be a sub-class
of L<Authen::SASL> or an L<Authen::SASL> client connection by calling
C<client_new> on an L<Authen::SASL> object.

If passed an L<Authen::SASL> object then C<client_new> will be
called to create a client connection object.
The hostname passed by C<Net::LDAP> to C<client_new> can be set using
the C<sasl_host> option below.
If this is not correct for your environment, consider calling C<client_new>
yourself and passing the client connection object as C<SASLOBJ>.

=item sasl_host =E<gt> SASLHOST

When binding using SASL, allow the hostname used in the SASL
communication to differ from the hostname connected to.

If C<SASLHOST> evaluates to TRUE, then it is used as the SASL hostname.

If it evaluates to FALSE, then the value is determined by
calling C<peerhost> on the socket.
In older versions of Net::LDAP this was the standard behaviour,
but it turned out to cause more trouble than it fixed.

When the option is not given, the SASL host name used defaults to the
host name / IP address taken from the C<HOST> parameter when connecting.

=back

B<Example>

  $mesg = $ldap->bind; # Anonymous bind

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

  # $sasl is an object of class Authen::SASL
  $mesg = $ldap->bind( $dn, sasl => $sasl, version => 3 );


=item compare ( DN, OPTIONS )

Compare values in an attribute in the entry given by C<DN> on the
server. C<DN> may be a string or a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.

=over 4

=item attr =E<gt> ATTR

The name of the attribute to compare.

=item value =E<gt> VALUE

The value to compare with.

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below.

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below.

=back

B<Example>

  $mesg = $ldap->compare( $dn,
                          attr  => 'cn',
                          value => 'Graham Barr'
                        );

=item delete ( DN, OPTIONS )

Delete the entry given by C<DN> from the server. C<DN> may be a string
or a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.

=over 4

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below.

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below.

=back

B<Example>

 $mesg = $ldap->delete( $dn );

=item moddn ( DN, OPTIONS )

Rename the entry given by C<DN> on the server. C<DN> may be a string
or a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.

=over 4

=item newrdn =E<gt> RDN

This value should be a new RDN to assign to C<DN>.

=item deleteoldrdn =E<gt> 1

This option should be passed if the existing RDN is to be deleted.

=item newsuperior =E<gt> NEWDN

If given this value should be the DN of the new superior for C<DN>.

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below.

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below.

=back

B<Example>

 $mesg = $ldap->moddn( $dn, newrdn => 'cn=Graham Barr' );

=item modify ( DN, OPTIONS )

Modify the contents of the entry given by C<DN> on the server. C<DN>
may be a string or a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.

=over 4

=item add =E<gt> { ATTR =E<gt> VALUE, ... }

Add more attributes or values to the entry. C<VALUE> should be a
string if only a single value is wanted in the attribute, or a
reference to an array of strings if multiple values are wanted.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    add => {
      description => 'List of members',    # Add description attribute
      member      => [
        'cn=member1,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',    # Add to attribute
        'cn=member2,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
      ]
    }
  );

=item delete =E<gt> [ ATTR, ... ]

Delete complete attributes from the entry.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    delete => ['member','description'] # Delete attributes
  );

=item delete =E<gt> { ATTR =E<gt> VALUE, ... }

Delete individual values from an attribute. C<VALUE> should be a
string if only a single value is being deleted from the attribute, or
a reference to an array of strings if multiple values are being
deleted.

If C<VALUE> is a reference to an empty array or all existing values
of the attribute are being deleted, then the attribute will be
deleted from the entry.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    delete => {
      description => 'List of members',
      member      => [
        'cn=member1,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',    # Remove members
        'cn=member2,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
      ],
      seeAlso => [],   # Remove attribute
    }
  );

=item replace =E<gt> { ATTR =E<gt> VALUE, ... }

Replace any existing values in each given attribute with
C<VALUE>. C<VALUE> should be a string if only a single value is wanted
in the attribute, or a reference to an array of strings if multiple
values are wanted. A reference to an empty array will remove the
entire attribute. If the attribute does not already exist in the
entry, it will be created.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    replace => {
      description => 'New List of members', # Change the description
      member      => [ # Replace whole list with these
        'cn=member1,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
        'cn=member2,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
      ],
      seeAlso => [],   # Remove attribute
    }
  );

=item increment =E<gt> { ATTR =E<gt> VALUE, ... }

Atomically increment the existing value in each given attribute by the
provided C<VALUE>. The attributes need to have integer syntax, or be
otherwise "incrementable". Note this will only work if the server
advertises support for LDAP_FEATURE_MODIFY_INCREMENT. Use
L<Net::LDAP::RootDSE/supported_feature> to check this.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    increment => {
      uidNumber => 1 # increment uidNumber by 1
    }
  );

=item changes =E<gt> [ OP =E<gt> [ ATTR =E<gt> VALUE ], ... ]

This is an alternative to B<add>, B<delete>, B<replace> and B<increment>
where the whole operation can be given in a single argument. C<OP>
should be B<add>, B<delete>, B<replace> or B<increment>. C<VALUE> should
be either a string or a reference to an array of strings, as before.

Use this form if you want to control the order in which the operations
will be performed.

  $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
    changes => [
      add => [
        description => 'A description',
        member      => $newMember,
      ],
      delete => [
        seeAlso => [],
      ],
      add => [
        anotherAttribute => $value,
      ],
    ]
  );

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below.

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below.

=back

B<Example>

 $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn, add => { sn => 'Barr' } );

 $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn, delete => [qw(faxNumber)] );

 $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn, delete => { 'telephoneNumber' => '911' } );

 $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn, replace => { 'mail' => 'gbarr@pobox.com' } );

 $mesg = $ldap->modify( $dn,
                        changes => [
                            # add sn=Barr
                          add     => [ sn => 'Barr' ],
                            # delete all fax numbers
                          delete  => [ faxNumber => []],
                            # delete phone number 911
                          delete  => [ telephoneNumber => ['911']],
                            # change email address
                          replace => [ mail => 'gbarr@pobox.com']
                        ]
                      );

=item search ( OPTIONS )

Search the directory using a given filter.  This can be used to read
attributes from a single entry, from entries immediately below a
particular entry, or a whole subtree of entries.

The result is an object of class L<Net::LDAP::Search>.

=over 4

=item base =E<gt> DN

The DN that is the base object entry relative to which the search is
to be performed.

=item scope =E<gt> 'base' | 'one' | 'sub' | 'subtree' | 'children'

By default the search is performed on the whole tree below
the specified base object. This maybe changed by specifying a C<scope>
parameter with one of the following values:

=over 4

=item base

Search only the base object.

=item one

Search the entries immediately below the base object.

=item sub

=item subtree

Search the whole tree below (and including) the base object. This is
the default.

=item children

Search the whole subtree below the base object, excluding the base object itself.

Note: I<children> scope requires LDAPv3 subordinate feature extension.

=back

=item deref =E<gt> 'never' | 'search' | 'find' | 'always'

By default aliases are dereferenced to locate the base object for the
search, but not when searching subordinates of the base object. This
may be changed by specifying a C<deref> parameter with one of the
following values:

=over 4

=item never

Do not dereference aliases in searching or in locating the base object
of the search.

=item search

Dereference aliases in subordinates of the base object in searching,
but not in locating the base object of the search.

=item find

Dereference aliases in locating the base object of the search, but not
when searching subordinates of the base object. This is the default.

=item always

Dereference aliases both in searching and in locating the base object
of the search.

=back

=item sizelimit =E<gt> N

A sizelimit that restricts the maximum number of entries to be returned
as a result of the search. A value of 0, and the default, means that
no restriction is requested.  Servers may enforce a maximum number of
entries to return.

=item timelimit =E<gt> N

A timelimit that restricts the maximum time (in seconds) allowed for a
search. A value of 0 (the default), means that no timelimit will be
requested.

=item typesonly =E<gt> 1

Only attribute types (no values) should be returned. Normally
attribute types and values are returned.

=item filter =E<gt> FILTER

A filter that defines the conditions an entry in the directory must meet
in order for it to be returned by the search. This may be a string or a
L<Net::LDAP::Filter> object. Values inside filters may need to be escaped
to avoid security problems; see L<Net::LDAP::Filter> for a definition of
the filter format, including the escaping rules.

=item attrs =E<gt> [ ATTR, ... ]

A list of attributes to be returned for each entry that matches the
search filter.

If not specified, then the server will return the attributes that are
specified as accessible by default given your bind credentials.

Certain additional attributes such as "createTimestamp" and other
operational attributes may also be available for the asking:

  $mesg = $ldap->search( ... ,
                         attrs => ['createTimestamp']
                       );

To retrieve the default attributes and additional ones, use '*'.

  $mesg = $ldap->search( ... ,
                         attrs => ['*', 'createTimestamp']
                       );

To retrieve no attributes (the server only returns the DNs of matching
entries), use '1.1':

  $mesg = $ldap->search( ... ,
                         attrs => ['1.1']
                       );

=item control =E<gt> CONTROL

=item control =E<gt> [ CONTROL, ... ]

See L</CONTROLS> below.

=item callback =E<gt> CALLBACK

See L</CALLBACKS> below.

=item raw =E<gt> REGEX

Use REGEX to denote the names of attributes that are to be considered
binary in search results.

When running on Perl 5.8 and this option is given Net::LDAP converts all
values of attributes not matching this REGEX into Perl UTF-8 strings
so that the regular Perl operators (pattern matching, ...) can operate
as one expects even on strings with international characters.

If this option is not given or the version of Perl Net::LDAP is running on
is too old strings are encoded the same as in earlier versions of perl-ldap.

The value provided here overwrites the value inherited from the constructor.

Example: raw =E<gt> qr/(?i:^jpegPhoto|;binary)/

=back

B<Example>

 $mesg = $ldap->search(
                        base   => $base_dn,
                        scope  => 'sub',
                        filter => '(|(objectclass=rfc822mailgroup)(sn=jones))'
                      );

 Net::LDAP::LDIF->new( \*STDOUT,"w" )->write( $mesg->entries );

=item start_tls ( OPTIONS )

Calling this method will convert the existing connection to using
Transport Layer Security (TLS), which provides an encrypted
connection. This is I<only> possible if the connection uses LDAPv3,
and requires that the server advertises support for
LDAP_EXTENSION_START_TLS. Use
L<Net::LDAP::RootDSE/supported_extension> to check this.

=over 4

=item verify =E<gt> 'none' | 'optional' | 'require'

How to verify the server's certificate:

=over 4

=item none

The server may provide a certificate but it will not be checked - this
may mean you are be connected to the wrong server

=item optional

Verify only when the server offers a certificate

=item require

The server must provide a certificate, and it must be valid.

=back

If you set verify to optional or require, you must also set either
cafile or capath. The most secure option is B<require>.

=item sslversion =E<gt> 'sslv2' | 'sslv3' | 'sslv23' | 'tlsv1'

This defines the version of the SSL/TLS protocol to use. Defaults to
B<'tlsv1'>.

=item ciphers =E<gt> CIPHERS

Specify which subset of cipher suites are permissible for this
connection, using the standard OpenSSL string format. The default
value is B<'ALL'>, which permits all ciphers, even those that don't
encrypt.

=item clientcert =E<gt> '/path/to/cert.pem'

=item clientkey =E<gt> '/path/to/key.pem'

=item keydecrypt =E<gt> sub { ... }

If you want to use the client to offer a certificate to the server for
SSL authentication (which is not the same as for the LDAP Bind
operation) then set clientcert to the user's certificate file, and
clientkey to the user's private key file. These files must be in PEM
format.

If the private key is encrypted (highly recommended) then keydecrypt
should be a subroutine that returns the decrypting key. For example:

 $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( 'myhost.example.com', version => 3 );
 $mesg = $ldap->start_tls(
                           verify => 'require',
                           clientcert => 'mycert.pem',
                           clientkey => 'mykey.pem',
                           keydecrypt => sub { 'secret'; },
                           capath => '/usr/local/cacerts/'
                         );

=item capath =E<gt> '/path/to/servercerts/'

=item cafile =E<gt> '/path/to/servercert.pem'

When verifying the server's certificate, either set capath to the
pathname of the directory containing CA certificates, or set cafile to
the filename containing the certificate of the CA who signed the
server's certificate. These certificates must all be in PEM format.

The directory in 'capath' must contain certificates named using the
hash value of the certificates' subject names. To generate these
names, use OpenSSL like this in Unix:

    ln -s cacert.pem `openssl x509 -hash -noout < cacert.pem`.0

(assuming that the certificate of the CA is in cacert.pem.)

=item checkcrl =E<gt> 1

If capath has been configured, then it will also be searched for
certificate revocation lists (CRLs) when verifying the server's
certificate.
The CRLs' names must follow the form B<hash>.rB<num> where B<hash>
is the hash over the issuer's DN and B<num> is a number starting with 0.

See L<IO::Socket::SSL/SSL_check_crl> for further information.

=back

=item unbind ( )

The unbind method does not take any parameters and will unbind you
from the server. Some servers may allow you to re-bind or perform
other operations after unbinding. If you wish to switch to another set
of credentials while continuing to use the same connection, re-binding
with another DN and password, without unbind-ing, will generally work.

B<Example>

 $mesg = $ldap->unbind;

=item done ( )

Convenience alias for C<unbind()>, named after the clean-up method
of L<Net::LDAP::LDIF>.

=back

The following methods are for convenience, and do not return
C<Net::LDAP::Message> objects.

=over 4

=item async ( VALUE )

If C<VALUE> is given the async mode will be set. The previous value
will be returned. The value is I<true> if LDAP operations are being
performed asynchronously.

=item certificate ( )

Returns an X509_Certificate object containing the server's
certificate. See the IO::Socket::SSL documentation for information
about this class.

For example, to get the subject name (in a peculiar OpenSSL-specific
format, different from RFC 1779 and RFC 4514) from the server's
certificate, do this:

    print "Subject DN: " . $ldaps->certificate->subject_name . "\n";

=item cipher ( )

Returns the cipher mode being used by the connection, in the string
format used by OpenSSL.

=item debug ( VALUE )

If C<VALUE> is given the debug bit-value will be set. The previous
value will be returned. Debug output will be sent to C<STDERR>. The
bits of this value are:

 1   Show outgoing packets (using asn_hexdump).
 2   Show incoming packets (using asn_hexdump).
 4   Show outgoing packets (using asn_dump).
 8   Show incoming packets (using asn_dump).

The default value is 0.

=item disconnect ( )

Disconnect from the server

=item root_dse ( OPTIONS )

The root_dse method retrieves cached information from the server's
rootDSE.

=over 4

=item attrs =E<gt> [ ATTR, ... ]

A reference to a list of attributes to be returned.
If not specified, then the following attributes will be requested

  subschemaSubentry
  namingContexts
  altServer
  supportedExtension
  supportedFeatures
  supportedControl
  supportedSASLMechanisms
  supportedLDAPVersion

=back

The result is an object of class L<Net::LDAP::RootDSE>.

B<Example>

 my $root = $ldap->root_dse;
 # get naming Context
 $root->get_value( 'namingContexts', asref => 1 );
 # get supported LDAP versions
 $root->supported_version;

As the root DSE may change in certain circumstances - for instance
when you change the connection using start_tls - you should always use
the root_dse method to return the most up-to-date copy of the root
DSE.

=item schema ( OPTIONS )

Read schema information from the server.

The result is an object of class L<Net::LDAP::Schema>.
Read this documentation for further information about methods that
can be performed with this object.

=over 4

=item dn =E<gt> DN

If a DN is supplied, it will become the base object entry from
which the search for schema information will be conducted.  If
no DN is supplied the base object entry will be determined from
the rootDSE entry.

=back

B<Example>

 my $schema = $ldap->schema;
 # get objectClasses
 @ocs = $schema->all_objectclasses;
 # Get the attributes
 @atts = $schema->all_attributes;

=item socket ( )

Returns the underlying C<IO::Socket> object being used.

=item host ( )

Returns the host to which the connection was established.
For LDAPI connections the socket path is returned.

=item port ( )

Returns the port connected to or C<undef> in case of LDAPI connections.

=item uri ( )

Returns the URI connected to.

As the value returned is that element of the constructor's HOST
argument with which the connection was established this may or
may not be a legal URI.

=item scheme ( )

Returns the scheme of the connection. One of I<ldap>, I<ldaps> or I<ldapi>.

=item sync ( MESG )

Wait for a given C<MESG> request to be completed by the server. If no
C<MESG> is given, then wait for all outstanding requests to be completed.

Returns an error code defined in L<Net::LDAP::Constant>.

=item process ( MESG )

Process any messages that the server has sent, but do not block. If C<MESG>
is specified then return as soon as C<MESG> has been processed.

Returns an error code defined in L<Net::LDAP::Constant>.

=item version ( )

Returns the version of the LDAP protocol that is being used.

=back

=head1 CONTROLS

Many of the methods described above accept a control option.
This allows the user to pass controls to the server as described
in LDAPv3.

A control is a reference to a HASH and should contain the three
elements below. If any of the controls are blessed then the
method C<to_asn> will be called which should return a reference
to a HASH containing the three elements described below.

For most purposes L<Net::LDAP::Control> objects are the easiest
way to generate controls.

=over 4

=item type =E<gt> OID

This element must be present and is the name of the type of control
being requested.

=item critical =E<gt> FLAG

critical is optional and should be a Boolean value, if it is not specified
then it is assumed to be I<false>.

=item value =E<gt> VALUE

If the control being requested requires a value then this element should
hold the value for the server.

=back

=head1 CALLBACKS

Most of the above commands accept a callback option. This option
should be a reference to a subroutine. This subroutine will be called
for each packet received from the server as a response to the request
sent.

When the subroutine is called the first argument will be the
L<Net::LDAP::Message> object which was returned from the method.

If the request is a search then multiple packets can be received from
the server. Each entry is received as a separate packet. For each of these
the subroutine will be called with a L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object as the second
argument.

During a search the server may also send a list of references. When such
a list is received then the subroutine will be called with a
L<Net::LDAP::Reference> object as the second argument.

=head1 LDAP ERROR CODES

B<Net::LDAP> also exports constants for the error codes that can be received
from the server, see L<Net::LDAP::Constant>.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Net::LDAP::Constant>,
L<Net::LDAP::Control>,
L<Net::LDAP::Entry>,
L<Net::LDAP::Filter>,
L<Net::LDAP::Message>,
L<Net::LDAP::Reference>,
L<Net::LDAP::Search>,
L<Net::LDAP::RFC>

The homepage for the perl-ldap modules can be found at
http://ldap.perl.org/.

=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This document is based on a document originally written by Russell Fulton
E<lt>r.fulton@auckland.ac.nzE<gt>.

Chris Ridd E<lt>chris.ridd@isode.comE<gt> for the many hours spent
testing and contribution of the ldap* command line utilities.

=head1 MAILING LIST

A discussion mailing list is hosted by the Perl Foundation at
E<lt>perl-ldap@perl.orgE<gt> No subscription is necessary!

=head1 BUGS

We hope you do not find any, but if you do please report them to
the mailing list.

If you have a patch, please send it as an attachment to the mailing
list.

=head1 AUTHOR

Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.

=cut