12332 - [LDAP] Allow LDAP protocol version to be specified in prefs

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 198168

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Address Book & Contacts, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Phil Peterson]

In Communicator 4.x, we apparently always bind to the directory server using
LDAPv2. We should probably bind using LDAPv3, especially since we use some v3
features. Seems like we should add some preferences like this:

ldap_2.hostname.protocolVersion, 3
ldap_2.hostname.protocolVersionFallback, true

Where the protocolVersion pref gives the number we bind as, e.g. LDAPv2, LDAPv3,
etc. The protocolVersionFallback would control what we do when binding using
protocolVersion fails: true for fall back to the previous rev, or false for the
connection to fail out with an error message.

The technote:
http://warp/server/directory-server/clientsdk/hammerhead/technotes/version-detec
t.html explains how to bind to the LDAP server using a particular protocol
version.

Comment 1

[pmock]

changing QA assigned to [e-mail]

Comment 2

[selmer (gone)]

Phil found a way to weasel out of owning this bug.  Reassigning.

Comment 3

[selmer (gone)]

Mass moving to M16 to get these off the M15 radar.  Please let me know if this
is really an M15 stopper.

Comment 4

[selmer (gone)]

[LDAP] in summary

Comment 5

[selmer (gone)]

LDAP to M30, nobody, helpwanted

Comment 6

[thebeastwitheyesthatstared]

is this bug still relevant with more recent software versions? (bug cleaning)

Comment 7

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 198168 ***

Comment 8

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

verified.