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Re: FW: ldap_memfree

To: "Kiefer, Klaus" <klaus.kiefer@sap.com>
Subject: Re: FW: ldap_memfree
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:29:32 -0800
Cc: "'OpenLDAP-bugs@OpenLDAP.org'" <OpenLDAP-bugs@OpenLDAP.org>
In-reply-to: <FAFE609CB754D311B60C0008C75D35562B5F7F@dbwdfx14.wdf.sap-ag .de>

At 05:45 PM 2/21/00 +0100, Kiefer, Klaus wrote:
>as described in the attached page, I have some trouble
>with the missing function 'ldap_memfree'. I tried the
>workaround you suggested (#define ldapmemfree free), but
>I still get a Segmentation fault in 'chunk_free' when
>freeing the memory for an attribute name (which I got
>from 'ldap_first_attribute' or 'ldap_next_attribute').

This indicates that your code is flawed.  You are likely
not properly handling the memory per defined (RFC 1823/
U-Mich LDAP 3.3) semantics.  In particular, you
shouldn't be freeing the address returned by
ldap_first_attribute/ldap_next_attribute.

See ldap_first_attribute(3) or RFC 1823.

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