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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# To start out, try something like this against your LDAP:
+# ldapadd -w metavore -D'cn=Manager,dc=metavore,dc=com' -c -f example3.ldif
+# ldapmodify -w metavore -D'cn=Manager,dc=metavore,dc=com' -c -f example3.ldif
+#
+# Then run this script to test perl interaction w/ LDAP.
+#
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Net::LDAP;
+use Net::LDAP::Filter;
+
+my $host = (@ARGV) ? shift : 'localhost';
+my $filter = Net::LDAP::Filter->new((@ARGV) ? shift : 'objectClass=inetOrgPerson');
+my %params = (
+ base => (@ARGV) ? shift : 'dc=metavore,dc=com',
+ filter => $filter,
+);
+
+my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($host) or die "Cannot connect to ldap on $host";
+$ldap->bind("cn=Manager," . $params{'base'}, password=>'metavore') or die "Cannot bind to ldap on $host";
+&ldap_dse;
+&ldap_search;
+&ldap_add;
+&ldap_search;
+
+sub hashup {
+ my $query = shift or die "Bad hashup call";
+ my %memberhash = ();
+ my $key;
+ foreach my $user ($query->shift_entry){
+ foreach my $k (@$user) {
+ foreach my $k2 ( keys %$k ) {
+ if ($k2 eq 'type') {
+ $key = $$k{$k2};
+ } else {
+ $memberhash{$key} .= map {$_ . " "} @$k{$k2};
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return %memberhash;
+}
+
+sub recursive_breakdown {
+ my $dse = shift or return undef;
+ if (ref($dse) =~ /HASH/) {
+ return join "\n", map {"$_\t=> " . recursive_breakdown($dse->{$_})} keys %$dse;
+ } elsif (ref($dse) =~ /ARRAY/) {
+ return " (\n" . join("\n", map {recursive_breakdown($_)} @$dse) . "\n)\n";
+ } else {
+ return $dse;
+ }
+}
+
+sub ldap_dse {
+ print "my root DSE: \n";
+ print recursive_breakdown $ldap->root_dse();
+}
+
+sub ldap_search {
+ my $query = $ldap->search(%params) or print "Search failed\n";
+ $query->code and die sprintf 'error (code:%s) - %s', $query->code , $query->error;
+ my $size = scalar($query->entries);
+ my $i=5;
+ print "\nNumber of records returned from search: $size.\n";
+ ($size > $i) and print "Displaying the last $i records.\n\n";
+ foreach ($query->entries) {
+ ($size-- > $i) and next;
+ $_->dump;
+ }
+}
+
+sub ldap_add {
+ my $cn = shift or return 0;
+ my $mail = lc $cn;
+ $mail =~ s/\s+/./;
+ print "Adding user $cn\n";
+ my $add;
+ $add = $ldap->add(
+ "cn=$cn," . $params{'base'},
+ attr => [
+ cn => $cn,
+ sn => 'atz',
+ mail => $mail . '@liblime.com',
+ telephoneNumber => '1 614 266 9798',
+ description => 'Implementer and Destroyer',
+ objectclass => ['person','inetOrgPerson'],
+ ])
+ or printf "Add failed (code %s): %s\n", ($add->code||'unknown'), ($add->error||'unknown');
+}
+
+END {
+ ($ldap) and $ldap->unbind;
+ print "\ndone.\n";
+}