Re: ldap_domain2hostlist is for "ldap" service only

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Marc Lavergne wrote:
> Have there been any considerations in providing a similar API for a 
> service name other than "ldap"? For example, what if I wanted to find 
> global catalog servers?

If you want a more generic API for services outside the LDAP standards 
it's fairly easy to hack something yourself in your favourite 
programming language with the help of a decent DNS module.

> Even though GCs are Active Directory specific, I 
> don't see why OpenLDAP would not support that type of query. It seems 
> like a new API where the service name can be passed in as a parameter 
> (eg. "gc") would be useful.

It's very proprietary. I'm not even sure whether _gc._tcp was registered 
by IANA for that purpose.

Ciao, Michael.