Samba4/LDB/API

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Initialization

ldb_global_init()

int ldb_global_init(void);

Initialise ldbs' global information

This is required before any other LDB call

Return: 0 if initialisation succeeded, -1 otherwise

ldb_init()

struct ldb_context *ldb_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct tevent_context *ev_ctx);

Initialise an ldb context

This is required before any other LDB call.

Parameters:

  • mem_ctx: pointer to a talloc memory context. Pass NULL if there is no suitable context available.

Return: pointer to ldb_context that should be free'd (using talloc_free()) at the end of the program.

Connection

ldb_connect()

int ldb_connect(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *url, unsigned int flags, const char *options[]);

Connect to a database.

This is typically called soon after ldb_init(), and is required prior to any search or database modification operations.

The URL can be one of the following forms:

  • tdb://path
  • ldapi://path
  • ldap://host
  • sqlite://path

Parameters:

  • ldb: the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • url: the URL of the database to connect to, as noted above
  • flags: a combination of LDB_FLG_* to modify the connection behaviour
  • options: backend specific options - passed uninterpreted to the backend

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)

It is an error to connect to a database that does not exist in readonly mode (that is, with LDB_FLG_RDONLY). However in read-write mode, the database will be created if it does not exist.

Root DSE

ldb_get_root_basedn()

struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_root_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);

Return: an automatic basedn from the rootDomainNamingContext of the rootDSE. This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time

ldb_get_config_basedn()

struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_config_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);

Return: an automatic basedn from the configurationNamingContext of the rootDSE. This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time

ldb_get_schema_basedn()

struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_schema_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);

Return: an automatic basedn from the schemaNamingContext of the rootDSE. This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time

ldb_get_default_basedn()

struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_default_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);

Return: an automatic baseDN from the defaultNamingContext of the rootDSE. This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time.

Attributes

ldb_attr_cmp()

#define ldb_attr_cmp(a, b) strcasecmp(a, b)

Compare two attributes

This function compares to attribute names. Note that this is a case-insensitive comparison.

Parameters:

  • a: the first attribute name to compare
  • b: the second attribute name to compare

Return 0 if the attribute names are the same, or only differ in case; non-zero if there are any differences

attribute names are restricted by rfc2251 so using strcasecmp and toupper here is ok. return 0 for match

ldb_attr_casefold()

char *ldb_attr_casefold(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s);

ldb_attr_dn()

int ldb_attr_dn(const char *attr);

LDAP Operations

ldb_search()

int ldb_search(struct ldb_context *ldb, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
    struct ldb_result **result, struct ldb_dn *base,
    enum ldb_scope scope, const char * const *attrs,
    const char *exp_fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(7,8);

Search the database

This function searches the database, and returns records that match an LDAP-like search expression

Parameters:

  • ldb the: context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • mem_ctx: the memory context to use for the request and the results
  • result: the return result
  • base: the Base Distinguished Name for the query (use ldb_dn_new() for an empty one)
  • scope: the search scope for the query
  • attrs: the search attributes for the query (pass NULL if none required)
  • exp_fmt: the search expression to use for this query (printf like)

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)

Note: Use talloc_free() to free the ldb_result returned.

ldb_add()

int ldb_add(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
    const struct ldb_message *message);

Add a record to the database.

This function adds a record to the database. This function will fail if a record with the specified class and key already exists in the database.

Parameters:

  • ldb: the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • message: the message containing the record to add.

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was added, otherwise a failure code)

ldb_modify()

int ldb_modify(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
    const struct ldb_message *message);

Modify the specified attributes of a record

This function modifies a record that is in the database.

Parameters:

  • ldb: the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • message: the message containing the changes required.

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was modified as requested, otherwise a failure code)

ldb_rename()

int ldb_rename(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_dn *olddn, struct ldb_dn *newdn);

Rename a record in the database

This function renames a record in the database.

Parameters:

  • ldb: the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • olddn: the DN for the record to be renamed.
  • newdn: the new DN

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was renamed as requested, otherwise a failure code)

ldb_delete()

int ldb_delete(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_dn *dn);

Delete a record from the database

This function deletes a record from the database.

Parameters:

  • ldb: the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
  • dn: the DN for the record to be deleted.

Return: result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was deleted, otherwise a failure code)