Chapter 4 Writing an LDAP Client
This chapter describes the general process of writing an LDAP client. The chapter covers the procedures for connecting to an LDAP server, authenticating, requesting operations, and disconnecting from the server.
This chapter covers some of the general LDAP API functions that are commonly used when writing LDAP clients. This chapter includes instructions on getting version information, freeing memory, checking for errors, and requesting synchronous and asynchronous functions.
Chapter 6 Searching the Directory
This chapter explains how to call the LDAP API functions to search the directory, retrieve search results, and get attributes and values from each entry in the search results. The chapter also provides examples of calling synchronous and asynchronous functions to search the directory.
Chapter 7 Using Filter Configuration Files
This chapter explains how to use API function to work with filter configuration files. Filter configuration files can help simplify the process of selecting the appropriate search filter for a search request.
Chapter 8 Adding, Updating, and Deleting Entries
This chapter explains how to use the API functions to add, modify, delete, and rename entries in the directory. The chapter also provides examples of calling synchronous and asynchronous functions to perform these operations.
Chapter 9 Comparing Values in Entries
This chapter explains how to use the API functions to compare data in entries in the directory. The LDAP API includes functions that you can call to compare the value of an attribute in an entry against a specified value.
Chapter 10 Working with LDAP URLs
This chapter explains how you can call functions to parse an LDAP URL into its components and to process a search request specified by an LDAP URL.
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