Traverse LDAP Tree

dda has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Everyone!

I can not find a way to build XML file from LDAP directory tree. I'm not looking for out-of-the-box solution, but I can't simply release how can I list child entries for one particular entry. What I have found so far is just the opposite: one can parse DN and get parent DN by simply removing leftmost part of it. But how that can be used for traversing tree?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

--dda

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Re: Traverse LDAP Tree by inman (Curate) on Oct 03, 2003 at 08:13 UTC
Consider working with LDIF as a method of working with LDAP entries in bulk. You could use the LDIF tool that ships with all LDAP servers (e.g. OpenLDAP). LDIF produces a text file that you can parse and convert into XML (an easy and reliable route). You could also use the Net::LDAP and Net::LDAP::LDIF modules. This method slurps the LDIF output into memory which may cause problems for large directories. Inman	[reply]
Re: Re: Traverse LDAP Tree by dda (Friar) on Oct 03, 2003 at 08:21 UTC
Thanks for replying, inman. Sure, I know what LDIF is and how to get all entries with Net::LDAP. But is there a way to build a tree, like all GUI LDAP browsers do? --dda	[reply]
Re: Traverse LDAP Tree by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2003 at 12:43 UTC
This returns entries for all children of $dn: `$mesg = $ldap->search(base=>$dn, scope=>'one', filter=>'objectClass=*');` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Traverse LDAP Tree by dda (Friar) on Oct 09, 2003 at 13:03 UTC
Dear Anonymous Monk, your suggestion works just fine! Thanks again. --dda	[reply]
Re: Re: Traverse LDAP Tree by dda (Friar) on Oct 07, 2003 at 12:55 UTC
I will try this, but I'm afraid that one 'big' search is much faster than a lot of 'small' searches. Thanks! --dda	[reply]


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