[KLUG Members] LDAP related question...

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Actually, I'm dealing with this on a Windows system, but as the only
> LDAP expert I know is HERE...
> I just discovered how to get ADO to connect to and query LDAP servers,
> but for some strange reason, I'm getting no values in the objectClass

I'm not terribly surprised.  ADO implements an OLE DB connection to an
LDAP servers, so I suspect it drops allot of the meta-data in order to
appears as DBish as possible.  Have your tried specifying 'objectclass'
specifically as an attribute to be returned?  Some DSAs drop everything
they consider meta-data unless you ask for it by name (creatorsname,
modifersname, UUID, etc... as well).

> attribute. I'm wondering if the server I'm accessing isn't a true LDAP
> server, but just plays one on TV? 

If your talking about Exchange ~5.5, no, it REALLY just plays on TV, as
a daytime soap opera I believe, not even in prime time.

> I think it may be an Active Directory Service. 
> Adam, do you know know just how LDAP 'compliant' ADSI is?

Quite, I know it does objectclasses, etc... You can query it's subschema
and everything, even with the OpenLDAP client tools from a Linux box.
AD actually interoperates quite well with everything although their
schema is a bit wierd (but thats technically OK since they DO document
it).