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LDAP_OPEN(3)							  LDAP_OPEN(3)

NAME
       ldap_init,  ldap_open  - Initialize the LDAP library and open a connec‐
       tion to an LDAP server

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>

       LDAP *ldap_open(host, port)
       char *host;
       int port;

       LDAP *ldap_init(host, port)
       char *host;
       int port;

DESCRIPTION
       ldap_open() opens a connection to an LDAP server and allocates an  LDAP
       structure which is used to identify the connection and to maintain per-
       connection information.	ldap_init() allocates an  LDAP	structure  but
       does not open an initial connection.  One of these two routines must be
       called before any operations are attempted.

       ldap_open() takes host, the hostname on which the LDAP server  is  run‐
       ning,  and  port,  the port number to which to connect.	If the default
       IANA-assigned port of 389 is desired, LDAP_PORT should be specified for
       port.   The  host parameter may contain a blank-separated list of hosts
       to try to connect to, and each host  may	 optionally  by	 of  the  form
       host:port.   If	present,  the  :port  overrides	 the port parameter to
       ldap_open().  Upon successfully making a connection to an LDAP  server,
       ldap_open()  returns  a	pointer	 to an LDAP structure (defined below),
       which  should  be  passed   to	subsequent   calls   to	  ldap_bind(),
       ldap_search(),  etc. Certain fields in the LDAP structure can be set to
       indicate size limit, time limit, and how	 aliases  are  handled	during
       operations.  See <ldap.h> for more details.

	    typedef struct ldap {
		 /* ... other stuff you should not mess with ... */
		 char	   ld_lberoptions;
		 int	   ld_deref;
	    #define LDAP_DEREF_NEVER 0
	    #define LDAP_DEREF_SEARCHING  1
	    #define LDAP_DEREF_FINDING	  2
	    #define LDAP_DEREF_ALWAYS	  3
		 int	   ld_timelimit;
		 int	   ld_sizelimit;
	    #define LDAP_NO_LIMIT	  0
		 int	   ld_errno;
		 char	   *ld_error;
		 char	   *ld_matched;
		 int	   ld_refhoplimit;
		 unsigned long	ld_options;
	    #define LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS	    0x00000002	 /* set by default */
	    #define LDAP_OPT_RESTART 0x00000004
		 /* ... other stuff you should not mess with ... */
	    } LDAP;

       ldap_init()  acts just like ldap_open(), but does not open a connection
       to the LDAP server.  The actual connection open	will  occur  when  the
       first  operation is attempted.  At this time, ldap_init() is preferred.
       ldap_open() will be depreciated in a later release.

ERRORS
       If an error occurs, these routines will return NULL and errno should be
       set appropriately.

OPTIONS
       Options	that affect a particular LDAP instance may be set by modifying
       the ld_options field in the LDAP	 structure.   This  field  is  set  to
       LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS  in  ldap_open()  and	 ldap_init(), which causes the
       library to automatically follow referrals to other servers that may  be
       returned in response to an LDAP operation.

       The other supported option is LDAP_OPT_RESTART, which if set will cause
       the LDAP library to restart the select(2) system call when it is inter‐
       rupted by the system (i.e., errno is set to EINTR).  This option is not
       supported on the Macintosh and under MS-DOS.

       An option can be turned off by clearing	the  appropriate  bit  in  the
       ld_options field.

NOTES
       There  are  other  elements  in	the LDAP structure that you should not
       change. You should not make any assumptions about the order of elements
       in the LDAP structure.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), ldap_bind(3), errno(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP	  is   developed   and	maintained  by	The  OpenLDAP  Project
       (http://www.openldap.org/).  OpenLDAP is	 derived  from	University  of
       Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.1.X			  RELEASEDATE			  LDAP_OPEN(3)
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