ldap_open()

ldap_bind()

ldap_bind_s()

ldap_simple_bind()

ldap_simple_bind_s()

ldap_kerberos_bind()

Opens a connection to the LDAP server. Returns a connection handle that is used by all other function calls based on this connection.

ldap_kerberos_bind_s()

Used to authenticate to the directory via the methods described by the function name.

ldap_unbind()

ldap_search()

ldap_search_s()

Unbinds and closes the connection.

ldap_search_s()

ldap_modify()

Searches the directory. The _s version works synchronously, but has a time limit parameter.

ldap_modify_s()

ldap_modrdn()

Modifies an entry.

ldap_modrdn_s()

ldap_add()

Changes the RDN of an entry.

ldap_add_s()

ldap_delete()

Adds an entry.

ldap_delete_s()

Deletes an entry.

ldap_abandon()

Abandons the operation in progress (in other words, the synchronous operation in progress).

ldap_result()

Reads LDAPMessage structure for an asynchronous operation.

ldap_msgfree()

Frees the memory space from the LDAPMessage structure from a previous ldap_result(), ldap_search_s(), or ldap_search_s().

ldap_result2error()

Converts the LDAPMessage structure into more usable error codes.

ldap_err2string()

Converts a numeric error code into a descriptive error string.

ldap_perror()

ldap_first_entry()

ldap_next_entry()

Prints the error message.

ldap_count_entries()

ldap_first_attribute()

Retrieves entries from the LDAPMessage structure in an orderly fashion.

ldap_next_attribute()

ldap_get_values()

Retrieves attributes in an orderly fashion from an entry in the LDAPMessage structure.

ldap_get_values_len()

ldap_count_values()

Retrieves an attribute value. Non _len version used for nonbinary string data only.

ldap_count_values_len()

ldap_value_free()

Counts the values returned by the two functions above.

ldap_value_free_len()

Frees memory space used by the attribute values returned by the functions above.

ldap_get_dn()

Gets the DN of an entry specified in the LDAPMessage structure.

ldap_explode_dn()

Separates the DN returned by the function above into an array of RDNs.

ldap_dn2ufn()

Converts the DN returned by the function above into a user-friendly format.