Re: LDAP APIs -- ldap_get_option -- question

[mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)]

I don't fully understand what you are asking.  The C LDAP API does not
define a default hostname and port.

-- 
Mark Smith
iPlanet Directory Architect / Sun-Netscape Alliance
My words are my own, not my employer's.   Got LDAP?


"÷ÌÁÄÉÍÉÒ ãÉÛÅ×ÓËÉÊ" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> thanx for fast response.
> 
> What I really want to know, when I call ldap_get_option(), is the
> default configuration of slapd, but not the parameters, passed to
> ldap_open() explicitly (since my application should not bother about
> asking that values, and I usually call this function with default
> args values).
> 
> There is no dtfference for me, in how to get the information --
> calling ldap_get_option() twice for hostname and port number values, or only
> once, to get composite string in "hostname::portnumber" form.
> 
> >
> >Vladimir Tsyshevsky wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> my question is about draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-04.txt ldap_get_option call.
> >>
> >> Why the default port value cannot be asked for (but LDAP_OPT_HOST_NAME
> >> can). The same about default LDAP base.
> >
> >Someone else suggested that the operation of LDAP_OPT_HOST_NAME needs
> >clarification in the draft.  The intent is that a call to
> >ldap_get_option() with option LDAP_OPT_HOST_NAME will return the entire
> >hostname string that was passed to ldap_init().  But if the port was
> >passed separately, there is no way to retrieve it, so maybe we should
> >say that LDAP_OPT_HOST_NAME will return a string with :PORT on the end,
> >e.g.,
> >
> >   ldap_init( "ldap.netscape.com", 3389 )
> >
> >would result in an LDAP_OPT_HOST_NAME string of:
> >
> >    "ldap.netscape.com:3389"
> >
> >etc.
> >
> >Comments?
> >
> >--
> >Mark Smith
> >iPlanet Directory Architect / Sun-Netscape Alliance
> >My words are my own, not my employer's.   Got LDAP?
> >
> 
> Regards,
> Vladimir V. Tsychevski
> senior expert
> 
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