1 -- gets the corresponding ldap entry for a given member login

2 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

3 --

4 -- arguments:

5 -- filter: the LDAP filter for searching the member (required)

6 -- use_ldap_conn: an already existing LDAP connection to be used (optional)

7 --

8 -- returns:

9 -- ldap_entry: in case of success, the LDAP entry (object)

10 -- err: in case of an error, an error message (string)

11 -- err2: error dependent extra error information

12

13 function ldap.get_member_entry(filter, use_ldap_conn)

14

15 local ldap_conn, err

16

17 if use_ldap_conn then

18 ldap_conn = use_ldap_conn

19 else

20 ldap_conn, bind_err = ldap.bind_as_app()

21 end

22

23 if not ldap_conn then

24 return nil, "ldap_bind_error", bind_err

25 end

26

27 local entries, search_err = ldap_conn:search{

28 base = config.ldap.base,

29 scope = config.ldap.member.scope,

30 filter = filter,

31 attr = config.ldap.member.fetch_attr,

32 }

33

34 if not use_ldap_conn then

35 ldap_conn:unbind()

36 end

37

38 if not entries then

39 return nil, "ldap_search_error", search_err

40 end

41

42 if #entries > 1 then

43 return nil, "too_many_ldap_entries_found"

44 end

45

46 if #entries < 0 then

47 return nil, "no_ldap_entry_found"

48 end

49

50 return entries[1]

51

52 end