Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth(3)
NAME
Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth - LDAPv3 Proxy Authorization control object
SYNOPSIS
use Net::LDAP;
use Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth;
$ldap = Net::LDAP->new( "ldap.mydomain.eg" );
$auth = Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth->new( authzID => 'dn:cn=me,ou=people,o=myorg.com' );
@args = ( base => "cn=subnets,cn=sites,cn=configuration,$BASE_DN",
scope => "subtree",
filter => "(objectClass=subnet)",
callback => &process_entry, # Call this sub for each entry
control => [ $auth ],
);
while(1) {
# Perform search
my $mesg = $ldap->search( @args );
# Only continue on LDAP_SUCCESS
$mesg->code and last;
}
DESCRIPTION
"Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth" provides an interface for the creation and manipulation of objects that represent the "Proxy Authorization
Control" as described by RFC 4370.
It allows a client to be bound to an LDAP server with its own identity, but to perform operations on behalf of another user, the "authzID".
With the exception of any extension that causes a change in authentication, authorization or data confidentiality, a single "Proxy
Authorization Control" may be included in any search, compare, modify, add, delete, or moddn or extended operation.
As cqrequired by the RFC, the criticality of this control is automatically set to TRUE in order to protect clients from submitting requests
with other identities that they intend to.
CONSTRUCTOR ARGUMENTS
In addition to the constructor arguments described in Net::LDAP::Control the following are provided.
authzID
The authzID that is required. This is the identity we are requesting operations to use.
proxyDN
In early versions of the drafts to RFC 4370, draft-weltman-ldapv3-proxy-XX.txt, the value in the control and thus the constructor
argument was a DN and was called "proxyDN". It served the same purpose as "authzID" in recent versions of "proxyAuthorization"
control.
Please note: Unfortunately the OID and the encoding or the "Proxy Authorization Control" changed significantly between early versions of
draft-weltman-ldapv3-proxy-XX.txt and the final RFC. Net::LDAP::Control::ProxyAuth tries to cope with that situation and changes the OID
and encoding used depending on the constructor argument.
With "proxyDN" as constructor argument the old OID and encoding are used, while with "authzID" as constructor argument the new OID and
encoding are used. Using this logic servers supporting either OID can be handled correctly.
METHODS
As with Net::LDAP::Control each constructor argument described above is also available as a method on the object which will return the
current value for the attribute if called without an argument, and set a new value for the attribute if called with an argument.
SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP, Net::LDAP::Control,
AUTHORS
Olivier Dubois, Swift sa/nv based on Net::LDAP::Control::Page from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. Peter Marschall <peter@adpm.de> added
authzID extensions based on ideas from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>.
Please report any bugs, or post any suggestions, to the perl-ldap mailing list <perl-ldap@perl.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.
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