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LDAP_ERROR(3)                                                                                  LDAP_ERROR(3)



NAME
       ldap_perror,  ld_errno,  ldap_result2error,  ldap_errlist, ldap_err2string - LDAP protocol error han-dling handling
       dling routines

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <ldap.h>

       char *ldap_err2string( int err );

       void ldap_perror( LDAP *ld, const char *s )

       int ldap_result2error( LDAP *ld, LDAPMessage *res, int freeit )

DESCRIPTION
       These routines provide interpretation of the various error codes returned by the  LDAP  protocol  and
       LDAP  library  routines  or  associated with an LDAP session.  The error code associated with an LDAP
       session is accessible using ldap_get_option(3) and ldap_set_option(3) with  the  LDAP_OPT_RESULT_CODE
       option (previously called LDAP_OPT_ERROR_NUMBER).

       The   ldap_result2error()   routine   takes   res,   a   result  as  produced  by  ldap_result(3)  or
       ldap_search_s(3), and returns the corresponding error code.  Possible error codes are  listed  below.
       If  the freeit parameter is non zero it indicates that the res parameter should be freed by a call to
       ldap_msgfree(3) after the error code has been extracted.   The  ld_errno  field  in  ld  is  set  and
       returned.

       The  returned value can be passed to ldap_err2string() to get a text description of the message.  The
       string returned from ldap_err2string() is a pointer to a static area that should not be modified.

       The ldap_perror() routine can be called to print an indication of the error on standard error,  simi-lar similar
       lar to the way perror(3) works.

ERRORS
       The possible values for an ldap error code are:


       LDAP_SUCCESS        The request was successful.

       LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR
                           An operations error occurred.

       LDAP_PROTOCOL_ERROR A protocol violation was detected.

       LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED
                           An LDAP time limit was exceeded.

       LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED
                           An LDAP size limit was exceeded.

       LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE  A compare operation returned false.

       LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE   A compare operation returned true.

       LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_NOT_SUPPORTED
                           The LDAP server does not support strong authentication.

       LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED
                           Strong authentication is required for the operation.

       LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS
                           Partial results only returned.

       LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE
                           The attribute type specified does not exist in the entry.

       LDAP_UNDEFINED_TYPE The attribute type specified is invalid.

       LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING
                           Filter type not supported for the specified attribute.

       LDAP_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION
                           An  attribute value specified violates some constraint (e.g., a postalAddress has
                           too many lines, or a line that is too long).

       LDAP_TYPE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS
                           An attribute type or attribute value specified already exists in the entry.

       LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX An invalid attribute value was specified.

       LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT The specified object does not exist in The Directory.

       LDAP_ALIAS_PROBLEM  An alias in The Directory points to a nonexistent entry.

       LDAP_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX
                           A syntactically invalid DN was specified.

       LDAP_IS_LEAF        The object specified is a leaf.

       LDAP_ALIAS_DEREF_PROBLEM
                           A problem was encountered when dereferencing an alias.

       LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_AUTH
                           Inappropriate authentication was specified (e.g., LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE was  specified
                           and the entry does not have a userPassword attribute).

       LDAP_INVALID_CREDENTIALS
                           Invalid credentials were presented (e.g., the wrong password).

       LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS
                           The user has insufficient access to perform the operation.

       LDAP_BUSY           The DSA is busy.

       LDAP_UNAVAILABLE    The DSA is unavailable.

       LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM
                           The DSA is unwilling to perform the operation.

       LDAP_LOOP_DETECT    A loop was detected.

       LDAP_NAMING_VIOLATION
                           A naming violation occurred.

       LDAP_OBJECT_CLASS_VIOLATION
                           An object class violation occurred (e.g., a "must" attribute was missing from the
                           entry).

       LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_NONLEAF
                           The operation is not allowed on a nonleaf object.

       LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN
                           The operation is not allowed on an RDN.

       LDAP_ALREADY_EXISTS The entry already exists.

       LDAP_NO_OBJECT_CLASS_MODS
                           Object class modifications are not allowed.

       LDAP_OTHER          An unknown error occurred.

       LDAP_SERVER_DOWN    The LDAP library can't contact the LDAP server.

       LDAP_LOCAL_ERROR    Some local error occurred.  This is usually a failed dynamic memory allocation.

       LDAP_ENCODING_ERROR An error was encountered encoding parameters to send to the LDAP server.

       LDAP_DECODING_ERROR An error was encountered decoding a result from the LDAP server.

       LDAP_TIMEOUT        A timelimit was exceeded while waiting for a result.

       LDAP_AUTH_UNKNOWN   The authentication method specified to ldap_bind() is not known.

       LDAP_FILTER_ERROR   An invalid filter was supplied to ldap_search() (e.g., unbalanced parentheses).

       LDAP_PARAM_ERROR    An ldap routine was called with a bad parameter.

       LDAP_NO_MEMORY      An memory allocation (e.g., malloc(3) or other  dynamic  memory  allocator)  call
                           failed in an ldap library routine.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3), perror(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 2.3.27                                  2006/08/19                                    LDAP_ERROR(3)

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