From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-08-12T10:19:30+09:00
Subject: Re: LDAP

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On 8/11/06, barjunk <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Are folks just using net/ldap or are there some other ldap libraries
> that folks prefer?
>
> What I'd like is to be able to bind to the server then make multiple
> queries, modifications, etc.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
>
> Mike B.
>
>
>

Get Net::LDAP and read the Rdoc for Net::LDAP#open. As Austin said, this
library is very disciplined (and documented) about how it uses the network
(unlike the native-C libraries), and it's pure Ruby- no compiler needed on
any platform.

To your specific point, you can specify connection and authentication
parameters to Net::LDAP#open, and then pass it a Ruby block. The #open call
will pass a Net::LDAP object to your block, and you can make any number of
LDAP calls on the object. All calls inside the block will take place on the
same network connection to the server, and the authentication (binding) will
be done automatically.

If you have questions or need support, post to this list. Good luck.

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