Net::LDAP->new connection timed out

[noemie.petig...@bluewin.ch]

Hi All,

I'm a beginner in Unix and LDAP and I have to create a LDAP directory to store 
information. I have a ldap server on a 
machine which works (I can make queries, adding entries on the LDAP, ...) Now, 
I try to connect another machine to this 
LDAP server via a script Perl. Here is my script (very basic to begin)



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#!/usr/bin/perl -w



use strict;

use Net::LDAP;



my $ldapHost = "XXXX";

my $user = "XXXX";

my $pw = "XXXX";



my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new($ldapHost, timeout=>240) or die "Can't bind to ldap: 
$!...@\n";



print "NEW\n";



$ldap->bind(dn=>$user, password=>$pw);



print "BIND\n";

$ldap->unbind;



print "---------end-----------\n";

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My ldapHost is reachable from the client (A ping gives an answer)



In this state, the answer of the script is :

Can't bind to ldap: Connection timed out

IO::Socket::INET: connect: Connection timed out



without timeout specified on Net::LDAP->new, the answer is :

Can't bind to ldap: Operation now in progress

IO::Socket::INET: connect: timeout



I also noticed that a query on the LDAP server takes a long time (Almost one 
minute for a simple ldapsearch query) Is 
it normal? or is it linked with my problem?



As I said before, I'm a really beginner. Feel free to ask if you need more 
information.

I hope somebody will have a solution or help for me

Thank you



Noemie