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14.21. Slapi_DN
Represents a distinguished name in a directory entry.
Syntax
#include "slapi-plugin.h" typedef struct slapi_dn Slapi_DN;
Description
Slapi_DN is the data type for an opaque structure that represents a distinguished name in the server plug-in. The following table summarizes the front-end API functions that you can call to work with distinguished names.
| To ... | ... Call this function |
|---|---|
| Supply authentication information from an LDAP bind operation. | slapi_add_auth_response_control() |
| Specify a distinguished name is a root. | slapi_dn_isroot() |
| Convert a DN to canonical format and all characters to lower case | slapi_dn_normalize_case() |
| Normalize part of a DN value | slapi_dn_normalize_to_end() |
| Build the new DN of an entry. | slapi_moddn_get_newdn() |
| Add the RDN contained in a Slapi_RDN structure to the DN contained in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_add_rdn() |
| Compare two DNs. | slapi_sdn_compare() |
| Copy a DN. | slapi_sdn_copy() |
| Clear a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_done() |
| Duplicate a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_dup() |
| Free a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_free() |
| Get the DN of the parent within a specific backend. | slapi_sdn_get_backend_parent() |
| Get the DN from a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_get_dn() |
| Get the normalized DN of a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_get_ndn() |
| Get the length of the normalized DN of a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_get_ndn_len() |
| Get the parent DN of a given Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_get_parent() |
| Get the RDN from a normalized DN. | slapi_sdn_get_rdn() |
| Not implemented; do not use. Check if there is a RDN value that is a component of the DN structure. | slapi_sdn_is_rdn_component() |
| Check if there is a DN value stored in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_isempty() |
| Check if a DN is the parent of the parent of a DN. | slapi_sdn_isgrandparent() |
| Check if a DN is the parent of a DN. | slapi_sdn_isparent() |
| Check if a Slapi_DN structure contains a suffix of another. | slapi_sdn_issuffix() |
| Allocate new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new() |
| Create a new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new_dn_byref() |
| Create a new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new_dn_byval() |
| Create a new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new_dn_passin() |
| Create a new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new_ndn_byref() |
| Create a new Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_new_ndn_byval() |
| Check if an entry is in the scope of a certain base DN. | slapi_sdn_scope_test() |
| Set a DN value in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_set_dn_byref() |
| Set a DN value in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_set_dn_byval() |
| Set a DN value in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_set_dn_passin() |
| Set a normalized DN in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_set_ndn_byref() |
| Set a normalized DN in a Slapi_DN structure. | slapi_sdn_set_ndn_byval() |
| Set a new parent in an entry. | slapi_sdn_set_parent() |
| Set a new RDN for an entry. | slapi_sdn_set_rdn() |
| Convert the second RDN type value to the berval value. | slapi_rdn2typeval() |
See Also
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