Fatal errors on bind

[Jim Boone]

Hi Guys, I know this is a dumb question, but I'm stuck!

I have a python cgi script driven off a web form, works fine as long as 
the credentials are correct for l.simple_bind, however if the wrong 
password is entered it fatals with:


      Traceback (most recent call last): File "password.py", line 83, in
      ? l.modify_s(dn,password) File
      "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line 285,
      in modify_s self.result(msgid,all=1,timeout=self.timeout) File
      "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line 385,
      in result return self._ldap_call(self._l.result,msgid,all,timeout)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/ldap/ldapobject.py", line
      94, in _ldap_call result = func(*args,**kwargs) ldap.OTHER:
      {'info': 'NDS error: access denied (-168)', 'desc': 'Internal
      (implementation specific) error'}


Surely it should return a failed code of some description? Obviously its 
a Netware service, but other LDAP applications don't die under these 
circumstances, so it must be crappy coding,

l.simple_bind(dn,password)

thats my bind line, I then carry on with some LDAP modify operations on 
that user, should this be written differently?

Cheers for any input!

Jim