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LDAP_GET_DN(3)          Library Functions Manual          LDAP_GET_DN(3)

NAME         top

       ldap_get_dn, ldap_explode_dn, ldap_explode_rdn, ldap_dn2ufn -
       LDAP DN handling routines

LIBRARY         top

       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <ldap.h>

       char *ldap_get_dn( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *entry )

       int ldap_str2dn( const char *str, LDAPDN *dn, unsigned flags )

       void ldap_dnfree( LDAPDN dn )

       int ldap_dn2str( LDAPDN dn, char **str, unsigned flags )

       char **ldap_explode_dn( const char *dn, int notypes )

       char **ldap_explode_rdn( const char *rdn, int notypes )

       char *ldap_dn2ufn( const char * dn )

       char *ldap_dn2dcedn( const char * dn )

       char *ldap_dcedn2dn( const char * dn )

       char *ldap_dn2ad_canonical( const char * dn )

DESCRIPTION         top

       These routines allow LDAP entry names (Distinguished Names, or
       DNs) to be obtained, parsed, converted to a user-friendly form,
       and tested.  A DN has the form described in RFC 4414 "Lightweight
       Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of
       Distinguished Names".

       The ldap_get_dn() routine takes an entry as returned by
       ldap_first_entry(3) or ldap_next_entry(3) and returns a copy of
       the entry's DN.  Space for the DN will be obtained dynamically
       and should be freed by the caller using ldap_memfree(3).

       ldap_str2dn() parses a string representation of a distinguished
       name contained in str into its components, which are stored in dn
       as ldap_ava structures, arranged in LDAPAVA, LDAPRDN, and LDAPDN
       terms.  Space for dn will be obtained dynamically and should be
       freed by the caller using ldap_dnfree(3).  The LDAPDN is defined
       as:

       typedef struct ldap_ava {
           struct berval la_attr;
           struct berval la_value;
           unsigned la_flags;
       } LDAPAVA;

       typedef LDAPAVA** LDAPRDN;
       typedef LDAPRDN* LDAPDN;

       The attribute types and the attribute values are not normalized.
       The la_flags can be either LDAP_AVA_STRING or LDAP_AVA_BINARY,
       the latter meaning that the value is BER/DER encoded and thus
       must be represented as, quoting from RFC 4514, " ... an
       octothorpe character ('#' ASCII 35) followed by the hexadecimal
       representation of each of the bytes of the BER encoding of the
       X.500 AttributeValue."  The flags parameter to ldap_str2dn() can
       be

            LDAP_DN_FORMAT_LDAPV3
            LDAP_DN_FORMAT_LDAPV2
            LDAP_DN_FORMAT_DCE

       which defines what DN syntax is expected (according to RFC 4514,
       RFC 1779 and DCE, respectively).  The format can be ORed to the
       flags

            LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACES
            LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACE_AFTER_RDN
            ...
            LDAP_DN_PEDANTIC

       The latter is a shortcut for all the previous limitations.

       LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACES does not allow extra spaces in the dn; the
       default is to silently eliminate spaces around AVA separators
       ('='), RDN component separators ('+' for LDAPv3/LDAPv2 or ',' for
       DCE) and RDN separators (',' LDAPv3/LDAPv2 or '/' for DCE).

       LDAP_DN_P_NO_SPACE_AFTER_RDN does not allow a single space after
       RDN separators.

       ldap_dn2str() performs the inverse operation, yielding in str a
       string representation of dn.  It allows the same values for flags
       as ldap_str2dn(), plus

            LDAP_DN_FORMAT_UFN
            LDAP_DN_FORMAT_AD_CANONICAL

       for user-friendly naming (RFC 1781) and AD canonical.

       The following routines are viewed as deprecated in favor of
       ldap_str2dn() and ldap_dn2str().  They are provided to support
       legacy applications.

       The ldap_explode_dn() routine takes a DN as returned by
       ldap_get_dn() and breaks it up into its component parts.  Each
       part is known as a Relative Distinguished Name, or RDN.
       ldap_explode_dn() returns a NULL-terminated array, each component
       of which contains an RDN from the DN.  The notypes parameter is
       used to request that only the RDN values be returned, not their
       types.  For example, the DN "cn=Bob, c=US" would return as either
       { "cn=Bob", "c=US", NULL } or { "Bob", "US", NULL }, depending on
       whether notypes was 0 or 1, respectively.  Assertion values in
       RDN strings may included escaped characters.  The result can be
       freed by calling ldap_value_free(3).

       Similarly, the ldap_explode_rdn() routine takes an RDN as
       returned by ldap_explode_dn(dn,0) and breaks it up into its
       "type=value" component parts (or just "value", if the notypes
       parameter is set).  Note the value is not unescaped.  The result
       can be freed by calling ldap_value_free(3).

       ldap_dn2ufn() is used to turn a DN as returned by ldap_get_dn(3)
       into a more user-friendly form, stripping off all type names.
       See "Using the Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming" (RFC
       1781) for more details on the UFN format.  Due to the ambiguous
       nature of the format, it is generally only used for display
       purposes.  The space for the UFN returned is obtained dynamically
       and the user is responsible for freeing it via a call to
       ldap_memfree(3).

       ldap_dn2dcedn() is used to turn a DN as returned by
       ldap_get_dn(3) into a DCE-style DN, e.g. a string with most-
       significant to least significant rdns separated by slashes ('/');
       rdn components are separated by commas (',').  Only printable
       chars (e.g. LDAPv2 printable string) are allowed, at least in
       this implementation.  ldap_dcedn2dn() performs the opposite
       operation.  ldap_dn2ad_canonical() turns a DN into a AD canonical
       name, which is basically a DCE dn with attribute types omitted.
       The trailing domain, if present, is turned in a DNS-like domain.
       The space for the returned value is obtained dynamically and the
       user is responsible for freeing it via a call to ldap_memfree(3).

ERRORS         top

       If an error occurs in ldap_get_dn(), NULL is returned and the
       ld_errno field in the ld parameter is set to indicate the error.
       See ldap_error(3) for a description of possible error codes.
       ldap_explode_dn(), ldap_explode_rdn(), ldap_dn2ufn(),
       ldap_dn2dcedn(), ldap_dcedn2dn(), and ldap_dn2ad_canonical() will
       return NULL with errno(3) set appropriately in case of trouble.

NOTES         top

       These routines dynamically allocate memory that the caller must
       free.

SEE ALSO         top

       ldap(3), ldap_error(3), ldap_first_entry(3), ldap_memfree(3),
       ldap_value_free(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP
       Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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