From: Ian Macdonald <ian@...>
Date: 2005-03-12T05:03:16+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-ldap rebinding ?

On Fri 11 Mar 2005 at 20:38:31 +0900, Dick Davies wrote:

> * Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org> [0345 06:45]:
>  
> > Conn#unbind doesn't just unbind from the server; it also destroys the
> > connection object when it calls ldap_unbind().
> > 
> > From ldap_unbind(3):
> > 
> > UNBINDING
> >        The ldap_unbind() call is used to unbind from the directory,
> 
> Ok thanks - I've used Perl::LDAP in the past which lets you rebind and
> existing connection.
> 
> Can I do that with ruby-ldap, or do I need a new connection every time
> I check a username/password pair?

Yes, I'm afraid you need a new connection to bind as a different user.
On the other hand, is you only want to check the validity of a username
and password combination, you should be able to pull that information
from the directory as a user with the privileges required to view
passwords.

Ian
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