Re: LDAPControl parameter

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 10:28 AM 3/16/00 +0100, Mikael Grehn wrote:
>"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
>
>> At 04:44 PM 3/15/00 +0100, Mikael Grehn wrote:
>> >LDAPControl** ctrls; ????
>>
>> The parameter allows the caller to provide LDAPv3 controls to be
>> sent to the client along with the seach entry.  It is commonly
>> NULL.
>
>Ok I see, but can LDAPv3 client alway use LDAPv2 (or LDAPv2++ with
>OpenLDAP :) servers
>(except ofcourse that they cannot use LDAPv3 features)???

A client can support LDAPv2 or LDAPv3, but is only 'talking'
one of the two with a given server at any one time.

>Where can I read more about this extended option (not general info but
>about this parameter)?

The devel API is not documented.

>I would also need to get hold of standard attributenames like 'c','o'
>etc.
>Some are in slapd.at.conf but I would need a more complete list, for
>example for email (which I assume is 'mail').
>But where can I find a complete attribute name standardized list?

See faq.