Dear all,
this is the second release of the day which contains some enhancements and
some bug-fixes of my mutt_ldap_query perl script.
mutt_ldap_query performs ldap queries using either ldapsearch command
or the perl-ldap module and it outputs the required formatted data for
feeding mutt when using its "External Address Query" feature.
This version 3.0 implements another query method using perl-ldap module
which can be enabled by the -p boolean flag. This way the whole ldap
query can be performed in perl! The default behavior still uses
ldapsearch...
Enjoy!
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mutt_ldap_query-3.0.pl
mutt_ldap_query.pl version 3.0
==============================
The latest version of the code can be retrieved at
ftp://ftp.mutt.org/pub/mutt/contrib
This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See
http://www.opensource.org/gpl-license.html and http://www.opensource.org/.
mutt_ldap_query performs ldap queries using either ldapsearch command
or the perl-ldap module and it outputs the required formatted data for
feeding mutt when using its "External Address Query" feature.
This perl script can be interfaced with mutt by defining in your .muttrc:
set query_command = "mutt_ldap_query.pl '%s'"
Multiple requests are supported: the "Q" command of mutt accepts as argument
a list of queries (e.g. "Gosse de\ Courville").
usage: mutt_ldap_query [-p] -s <server_name> -b <search_base> -n <server_nickname>
<name_to_query> [[<other_name_to_query>] ...]
-p use perl-ldap module instead of ldapsearch (which is the default)
-s query ldap server <server_name>
-b use <search_base> as the starting point for the search instead of the default
-n shortcut for avoiding -s and -b options by using the script builtin
table of common servers and associated search bases performing a
<server_nickname> lookup
examples of queries:
classical query:
mutt_ldap_query.pl -s ldap.crm.mot.com -b 'o=Motorola,c=US' Gosse
and its shortcut version using a nickname
mutt_ldap_query.pl -n crm Gosse de\ Courville
References:
- perl-ldap module
http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/authors/id/GBARR
- ldapsearch is a ldap server query tool present in ldap-3.3 distribution
http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap)
- mutt is the ultimate email client
http://www.mutt.org
- historical Brandon Blong's "External Address Query" feature patch for mutt
http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/mutt/#query
Marc de Courville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
December 29, 1999
