RE: Supporting different LDAP version protocols?

["David Parker" <david.parker@rocketsoftware.com>]

I believe the default for slapd is V3, but the default for libldap is V2. For the client, you can use ldap_set_option to set the protocol to V3. 

- DAP

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Matt Harp
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:41 AM
> To: OpenLDAP-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Supporting different LDAP version protocols?
> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I have slapd 2.1.25 running locally on my WinXP box, and I've 
> written this
> little dummy client to use the LDAP API calls to bind, and search.
> 
> The problem I'm running into is that when I do an init call, 
> it works but
> the protocol value on the returned LDAP* is 2. Then when I 
> try to bind, I
> get a "Protocol error". If I change that value to 3, then 
> binding works fine
> and I'm up and running.
> 
> So, I really have two questions.
> 
> 1. Why isn't the init call setting the protocol to 3, which is what my
> server is obviously expecting? Is it something wrong with my 
> server setup,
> or is this always the default for the init? If it's the 
> default, then is
> there an API call to ask a LDAP server what protocol it supports? Some
> clients I've tried let you specify the version when you setup 
> the server
> connection, but others (such as Outlook) don't so they must be able to
> figure it out on thier own somehow (or else they just try both).
> 
> 2. How do I setup my server to support version 2 binding? I 
> found a post
> that mentioned putting "allow v2_bind" in the .conf file, but 
> slapd tells me
> that "v2_bind" is not a recognized feature in "allow <features>".
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> mharp
> 
> 
>