in reply to How do you check a 'bind' in LDAP?

Hey

The object will hold the error code if there is one, so you can check it. Here's an excerpt from the FAQ: http://ldap.perl.org/FAQ.html

"Most methods in Net::LDAP return a Net::LDAP::Message object, or a sub-class of that. This object will hold the results from the server, including the result code. So, for example, to determine the result of the bind operation.

$mesg = $ldap->bind( $dn, password => $passwd ); if ( $mesg->code ) { # Handle error codes here }
"

Hope this helps,

Hays

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Re^2: How do you check a 'bind' in LDAP?
by LittleGreyCat (Scribe) on Sep 18, 2006 at 13:09 UTC
    Hays,

    Many thanks - I was just coming back to update my question with a "found it" because another bit I was reading just sank in.

    My code now has:

    $result->code && die "\nSomething bad happened : ", $result->error ;

    This works fine; I now feel dumb for not spotting it sooner.

    Cheers

    Dave R

    Nothing succeeds like a budgie with no teeth.