ITS#4707 added ldap_init_fd()

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Howard Chu 2007-02-12 04:43:03 +00:00
parent 1f635b8bcf
commit 282a3c537a

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@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ int ldap_initialize(ldp, uri)
.ft
LDAP **ldp;
char *uri;
.LP
.ft B
#include <ldap_pvt.h>
.LP
.ft B
int ldap_init_fd(fd, proto, uri, ldp)
.ft
ber_socket_t fd;
int proto;
char *uri;
LDAP **ldp;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B ldap_open()
@ -37,8 +48,12 @@ the connection and to maintain per-connection information.
.B ldap_init()
allocates an LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection.
.B ldap_initialize()
allocates an LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection. One
of these three routines must be called before any operations are attempted.
allocates an LDAP structure but does not open an initial connection.
.B ldap_init_fd()
allocates an LDAP structure using an existing connection on the
provided socket.
One
of these routines must be called before any operations are attempted.
.LP
.B ldap_open()
takes \fIhost\fP, the hostname on which the LDAP server is
@ -87,6 +102,23 @@ are deprecated in favor of
.BR ldap_initialize() ,
essentially because the latter allows to specify a schema in the URI
and it explicitly returns an error code.
.LP
.B ldap_init_fd()
allows an LDAP structure to be initialized using an already-opened
connection. The
.I proto
parameter should be one of
.BR LDAP_PROTO_TCP ,
.BR LDAP_PROTO_UDP ,
or
.B LDAP_PROTO_IPC
for a connection using TCP, UDP, or IPC, respectively. The value
.B LDAP_PROTO_EXT
may also be specified if user-supplied sockbuf handlers are going to
be used. The
.I uri
parameter may optionally be provided for informational purposes.
.SH ERRORS
If an error occurs,
.B ldap_open()
@ -94,6 +126,8 @@ and
.B ldap_init()
will return NULL and errno should be set appropriately.
.B ldap_initialize()
and
.B ldap_init_fd()
will directly return the LDAP code associated to the error (or
.I LDAP_SUCCESS
in case of success);
@ -103,6 +137,7 @@ errno should be set as well whenever appropriate.
.BR ldap_bind (3),
.BR ldap_get_option (3),
.BR ldap_set_option (3),
.BR lber-sockbuf (3),
.BR errno (3)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.so ../Project