Install problem [python-ldap-2.0.0pre04]

[Michael Ströder]

Donal Hunt wrote:
> 
> >>> l = ldap.initialize("earth.dcu.ie:389")

In opposite to ldap.open() the function ldap.initialize() expects a
LDAP URL as stated in ldap.initialize.__doc__ and the updated docs
(see http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/doc/python-ldap/node4.html).

Therefore your funtion call has to be:
>>> l = ldap.initialize("ldap://earth.dcu.ie:389")

> ldap.LDAPError: (2, 'No such file or directory')
> >>>

This error message is misleading I admit. It comes from the OpenLDAP
2 libs. Hmm, ldap.initialize() could check for LDAP URL format to
provide a better error message by raising a specific ValueError
exception.

Ciao, Michael.