#include <ldap.h>
int LNPUBLIC ldap_bind(

    LDAP *ld,
    const char *who,
    const char *passwd,
    int  authmethod);

Description :

This function initiates an asynchronous bind operation to bind to the ldap server.

Implemented as a macro:

define ldap_bind(ld, who, passwd, authmethod) ND_ldap_bind((ld), (who),

(passwd), (authmethod))

Parameters : Input : ld - The LDAP session handle.

who - The distinguished name of the entry to bind as.

passwd - Password of the entry to which to bind, depending on authentication method.

authmethod - Authentication method. See LDAP_AUTH_xxx.

Output : (routine) - Message ID - This ID can be used in subsequent calls to ldap_result to obtain the result(s) of the operation.

-1 - If an error occurs.

Sample Usage :

ldap_bind( ld, "cn=manager, o=university of michigan, c=us", "secret", 
LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE )

See Also : ldap_bind_s