Re: ldap, php - problem modifying an entry

[Oren Held <mar_garina@held.org.il>]

You'd better check the return value of the function that tries to delete
the group, and if it's false use the ldap_error php function, that will
print a nicer error message for you. I hope it'll help.

- Oren

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Gregory Chagnon wrote:

> I'm using PHP to add users to my ldap directory.  When I create a user they
> can be added to 1 or more groups.  When that user is deleted, I want to
> remove them from all groups.  The code I wrote only removes them from the
> first group, then gives an error for any other group.  Here is the code,
> followed by the output.
>
> function removeFromGroup($toDelete, $ds, $ldap, $baseGroupdn){
>
>   $groupList = $ldap->ldapGetGroupList();
>   for ($i=0; $i<$groupList["count"]; $i++){
>
>     if (sizeof($groupList[$i]["memberuid"]) != 0){
>       foreach ($groupList[$i]["memberuid"] as $val){
>         if ($val == $toDelete){
>           $cnGroup = "cn=" . $groupList[$i]["cn"][0] . ",$baseGroupdn";
>           $info["memberUid"][] = $toDelete;
>           echo "Deleting " . $toDelete . " from " . $cnGroup . "<br>";
>           $r = ldap_mod_del($ds, $cnGroup, $info);
>
>         }
>       }
>     }
>   }
> }
> // end removeFromGroup
>
>
> and the output:
>
> Deleting testuser from cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com
> Deleting testuser from cn=Users,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com
>
> Warning: LDAP: modify operation could not be completed. in
> /var/www/html/user/user_p.php on line 470
> Deleting testuser from cn=Guests,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com
>
> Warning: LDAP: modify operation could not be completed. in
> /var/www/html/user/user_p.php on line 470
> uid=testuser,ou=Users,dc=test,dc=com deleted...
>
>
> also, here's what is in /var/log/ldap
>
> Feb 19 10:32:58 Lunar slapd[5650]: conn=1938 op=2 MOD dn="cn=Domain
> Admins,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com"
> Feb 19 10:32:59 Lunar slapd[5650]: conn=1938 op=2 RESULT tag=103 err=0 text=
> Feb 19 10:32:59 Lunar slapd[14339]: conn=1938 op=3 MOD dn="cn=Domain
> Users,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com"
> Feb 19 10:32:59 Lunar slapd[14339]: conn=1938 op=3 RESULT tag=103 err=16
> text=modify: delete values failed
> Feb 19 10:32:59 Lunar slapd[5648]: conn=1938 op=4 MOD dn="cn=Domain
> Guests,ou=Groups,dc=test,dc=com"
> Feb 19 10:32:59 Lunar slapd[5648]: conn=1938 op=4 RESULT tag=103 err=16
> text=modify: delete values failed
>
>
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