Active Directory/Search for a user: Difference between revisions

=={{header|C}}==

<lang C>#include <ldap.h>

char *name, *password;

...

LDAP *ld = ldap_init("ldap.somewhere.com", 389);

ldap_simple_bind_s(ld, name, password);

LDAPMessage **result;

ldap_search_s(ld, "dc=somewhere,dc=com", LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,

/* search for all persons whose names start with joe or shmoe */

"(&(objectclass=person)(|(cn=joe*)(cn=shmoe*)))",

NULL, /* return all attributes */

0, /* want both types and values of attrs */

result); /* ldap will allocate room for return messages */

/* arduously do stuff here to result, with ldap_first_message(),

ldap_parse_result(), etc. */

ldap_msgfree(*result); /* free messages */

ldap_unbind(ld); /* disconnect */</lang>