ldap_unbind_ext(3)

LDAP_BIND(3)           C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS           LDAP_BIND(3)

NAME

     ldap_bind,          ldap_bind_s,           ldap_simple_bind,
     ldap_simple_bind_s,     ldap_sasl_bind,    ldap_sasl_bind_s,
     ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s,   ldap_parse_sasl_bind_result,
     ldap_unbind, ldap_unbind_s - LDAP bind routines

LIBRARY

     OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <ldap.h>

     int ldap_bind(LDAP *ld, const char *who, const char *cred
          int method);

     int ldap_bind_s(LDAP *ld, const char *who, const char *cred
          int method);

     int ldap_simple_bind(LDAP *ld, const char *who, const char *passwd

     int ldap_simple_bind_s(LDAP *ld, const char *who, const char *passwd

     int ldap_sasl_bind(LDAP *ld, const char *dn, const char *mechanism
          struct berval *cred, LDAPControl *sctrls[],
          LDAPControl *cctrls[], int *msgidp);

     int ldap_sasl_bind_s(LDAP *ld, const char *dn, const char *mechanism
          struct berval *cred, LDAPControl *sctrls[],
          LDAPControl *cctrls[], struct berval **servercredp);

     int ldap_parse_sasl_bind_result(LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *res,
          struct berval **servercredp, int freeit);

     int ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s(LDAP *ld, const char *dn,
          const char *mechs,
          LDAPControl *sctrls[], LDAPControl *cctrls[],
          unsigned flags, LDAP_SASL_INTERACT_PROC *interact,
          void *defaults);

     int ldap_unbind(LDAP *ld);

     int ldap_unbind_s(LDAP *ld);

DESCRIPTION

     These routines provide various interfaces to the  LDAP  bind
     operation.  After an association with an LDAP server is made
     using ldap_init(3), an LDAP bind operation  should  be  per-
     formed  before  other operations are attempted over the con-
     nection.  An LDAP bind is required when using Version  2  of
     the  LDAP protocol; it is optional for Version 3 but is usu-
     ally needed due to security considerations.

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     There are three types of bind calls, ones  providing  simple
     authentication, ones providing SASL authentication, and gen-
     eral routines capable of doing either simple or SASL authen-
     tication.

     SASL (Simple Authentication and  Security  Layer)  that  can
     negotiate  one  of  many  different kinds of authentication.
     Both synchronous and asynchronous versions of  each  variant
     of  the  bind  call  are  provided.  All routines take ld as
     their first parameter, as returned from ldap_init(3).

SIMPLE AUTHENTICATION

     The simplest form of the bind call is  ldap_simple_bind_s().
     It  takes  the  DN  to  bind as in who, and the userPassword
     associated with the entry in passwd.   It  returns  an  LDAP
     error      indication      (see     ldap_error(3)).      The
     ldap_simple_bind() call is  asynchronous,  taking  the  same
     parameters  but  only  initiating  the  bind  operation  and
     returning the message id of the request it sent.  The result
     of  the  operation  can  be obtained by a subsequent call to
     ldap_result(3).

GENERAL AUTHENTICATION

     The ldap_bind() and ldap_bind_s() routines can be used  when
     the  authentication  method  to  use needs to be selected at
     runtime.  They both take an extra method parameter selecting
     the  authentication  method  to  use.   It  should be set to
     LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE   to    select    simple    authentication.
     ldap_bind()  returns  the  message id of the request it ini-
     tiates.  ldap_bind_s() returns an LDAP error indication.

SASL AUTHENTICATION

     Description still under construction...

UNBINDING

     The ldap_unbind() call is used to unbind from the directory,
     terminate  the  current  association, and free the resources
     contained in the ld structure.  Once it is called, the  con-
     nection  to  the LDAP server is closed, and the ld structure
     is invalid.  The ldap_unbind_s() call is just  another  name
     for  ldap_unbind();  both  of these calls are synchronous in
     nature.

ERRORS

     Asynchronous routines will return -1 in case of error,  set-
     ting  the  ld_errno parameter of the ld structure.  Synchro-
     nous routines return  whatever  ld_errno  is  set  to.   See
     ldap_error(3) for more information.

SEE ALSO

     ldap(3),    ldap_error(3),    ldap_open(3),     RFC     2222
     (http://www.ietf.org),               Cyrus              SASL

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     (http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
     (http://www.openldap.org/).    OpenLDAP   is   derived  from
     University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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