LDAP session

It is necessary to create an LDAP session (Smalltalk class LdapSession) with the LDAP server before performing any operations on the server's data.

1.	Create and initialize a new instance of LdapSession.

2.	Connect it to your server.

3.	Set the LDAP Version to 3; version 2 is obsolete and should not be used.

4.	Bind the LDAP session to the server; bind is equivalent to logon.

See EsLdapExamples class>> newLdapSessionForExample. In this example the hostname is 127.0.0.1 (aka localhost) and the port is 10389. These correspond to the way the Apache Directory Studio was set up.

Among other messages, LdapSession understands:

getFirstRootEntry –

Gets the first root entry. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetFirstRootEntry.)

getAllRootEntries –

Gets all the first root entries. (See EsLdapExamples class>> exampleGetAllRootEntries.)

unbind –

Frees all resources associated with an LDAP session.

 

Note:

Best practice is to end the session once the data is no longer required.