DN Property

The Distinguished Name used as the base for LDAP operations.

Syntax

 ldap.getDN([callback])
 ldap.setDN( DN, [callback])

Default Value

""

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getDN([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setDN([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Also the base object during LDAP searches.

The Distinguished Name is provided in string format as specified by RFC 1779. Example (Setting DN)

LDAPControl.DN = "uid=TThompson,ou=Employees,dc=server"

LDAPControl.DN = "Domain\Username"

Data Type

String