Re: developing module that instantiates check_password() function

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Scott Koranda wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> wrote:
> > Scott Koranda wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I wish to develop a user-defined loadable module that instantiates the
> > > check_password() function as described in the slapo-ppolicy man page.
> > >
> > > The man page specifies the function prototype as
> > >
> > > int check_password (char *pPasswd, char **ppErrStr, Entry *pEntry);
> > >
> > > In which header file is the 'Entry' type defined?
> >
> >
> > In slap.h. You cannot develop any code for slapd without this header file.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Is this a correct statement?
>
> When one develops a check_password() function as described in the slapo-ppolicy
> man page one does not develop against header files installed as part
> of an OpenLDAP
> ./configure, make depend, make install cycle but instead develops
> against the OpenLDAP
> code base as if developing for slapd.

Yes.


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