LDAP Connector

The Uniface LDAP connector enables you to connect with LDAP servers, including stand-alone LDAP servers and X.500 Directory System Agents with an LDAP gateway installed.

Read, write, and search actions are fully supported, within the limitations of the LDAP protocol.

The connection is established using information stored in the .asn file. Authentication details (user name and password) can also be located in the .asn file.

Once the connection has been established, the following actions are possible:

Perform LDAP operations and obtain results
Create, update, or delete entries in the LDAP database
Read or search, based on input parameters
Close the connection

Connector	Description
Mnemonic	LDP
Supported version	LDP for TCP or TLS connection to Native LDAP on Windows 32- and 64-bit systems, and OpenLDAP for Linux, and Unix platforms. All versions of the LDAP connector use the LDAP V3 protocol. For the supported platforms and product versions, see the Platform Availability Matrix.
Unicode support	The complete Unicode range is supported on both Windows and Unix. The connector uses Unicode exclusively, independent of $DEF_CHARSET.

Connector

Description

Mnemonic

LDP

Supported version

LDP for TCP or TLS connection to Native LDAP on Windows 32- and 64-bit systems, and OpenLDAP for Linux, and Unix platforms.

All versions of the LDAP connector use the LDAP V3 protocol. For the supported platforms and product versions, see the Platform Availability Matrix.

Unicode support

The complete Unicode range is supported on both Windows and Unix.

The connector uses Unicode exclusively, independent of $DEF_CHARSET.

Requirements for LDP on Linux

On Linux, the connector requires the LDAP package to be installed. Use your system's package manager to install the OpenLDAP package that is current for your operating system version.