LDAP query in python

Question

I want to execute the following query in the ldap

ldapsearch -h hostname -b dc=ernet,dc=in -x "(&(uid=w2lame)(objectClass=posixAccount))" gidnumber
ldapsearch -h hostname -b dc=ernet,dc=in -x "(&(gidNumber=1234)(objectClass=posixGroup))" cn

And use the variables thus obtained. How can I do that?

Answer 1

You probably want to use the ldap module. Code would look something like:

import ldap
l = ldap.initialize('ldap://ldapserver')
username = "uid=%s,ou=People,dc=mydotcom,dc=com" % username
password = "my password"
try:
    l.protocol_version = ldap.VERSION3
    l.simple_bind_s(username, password)
    valid = True
except Exception, error:
    print error