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LDAP_ERROR(3)		    Library Functions Manual		   LDAP_ERROR(3)

NAME
     ldap_perror,  ld_errno,  ldap_result2error, ldap_errlist, ldap_err2string -
     LDAP protocol error handling routines

LIBRARY
     OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ldap.h>

     char *ldap_err2string( int err );

DESCRIPTION
     The ldap_err2string() routine provides short  description	of  the  various
     codes  returned  by  routines  in	this  library.	The returned string is a
     pointer to a static area that should not be modified.

     These codes are either negative, indicating an API  error	code;  positive,
     indicating an LDAP resultCode other than 'success' (0), or - zero, indicat-
     ing both successful use of the API and the LDAP resultCode 'success' (0).

     The  code	associated with an LDAP session is accessible using ldap_get_op-
     tion(3) and ldap_set_option(3) with the LDAP_OPT_RESULT_CODE option (previ-
     ously called LDAP_OPT_ERROR_NUMBER).

PROTOCOL RESULT CODES
     This section provides a partial list of protocol codes  recognized  by  the
     library.  As LDAP is extensible, additional values may be returned.  A com-
     plete  listing of registered LDAP result codes can be obtained from the In-
     ternet Assigned Numbers Authority <http://www.iana.org>.

     LDAP_SUCCESS	 The request was successful.

     LDAP_OPERATIONS_ERROR
			 An operations error occurred.

     LDAP_PROTOCOL_ERROR
			 A protocol violation was detected.

     LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED
			 An LDAP time limit was exceeded.

     LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED
			 An LDAP size limit was exceeded.

     LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE  A compare operation returned false.

     LDAP_COMPARE_TRUE	 A compare operation returned true.

     LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_NOT_SUPPORTED
			 The LDAP server does not support strong authentication.

     LDAP_STRONG_AUTH_REQUIRED
			 Strong authentication is required for the operation.

     LDAP_PARTIAL_RESULTS
			 Partial results only returned.

     LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE
			 The attribute type specified does not exist in the  en-
			 try.

     LDAP_UNDEFINED_TYPE
			 The attribute type specified is invalid.

     LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_MATCHING
			 Filter type not supported for the specified attribute.

     LDAP_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION
			 An  attribute	value specified violates some constraint
			 (e.g., a postalAddress has too many lines,  or  a  line
			 that is too long).

     LDAP_TYPE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS
			 An  attribute type or attribute value specified already
			 exists in the entry.

     LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX
			 An invalid attribute value was specified.

     LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT
			 The specified object does not exist in The Directory.

     LDAP_ALIAS_PROBLEM  An alias in The Directory points to a	nonexistent  en-
			 try.

     LDAP_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX
			 A syntactically invalid DN was specified.

     LDAP_IS_LEAF	 The object specified is a leaf.

     LDAP_ALIAS_DEREF_PROBLEM
			 A problem was encountered when dereferencing an alias.

     LDAP_INAPPROPRIATE_AUTH
			 Inappropriate	 authentication   was  specified  (e.g.,
			 LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE was specified and the entry  does  not
			 have a userPassword attribute).

     LDAP_INVALID_CREDENTIALS
			 Invalid  credentials  were  presented	(e.g., the wrong
			 password).

     LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS
			 The user has insufficient access to perform the  opera-
			 tion.

     LDAP_BUSY		 The DSA is busy.

     LDAP_UNAVAILABLE	 The DSA is unavailable.

     LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM
			 The DSA is unwilling to perform the operation.

     LDAP_LOOP_DETECT	 A loop was detected.

     LDAP_NAMING_VIOLATION
			 A naming violation occurred.

     LDAP_OBJECT_CLASS_VIOLATION
			 An  object class violation occurred (e.g., a "must" at-
			 tribute was missing from the entry).

     LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_NONLEAF
			 The operation is not allowed on a nonleaf object.

     LDAP_NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN
			 The operation is not allowed on an RDN.

     LDAP_ALREADY_EXISTS
			 The entry already exists.

     LDAP_NO_OBJECT_CLASS_MODS
			 Object class modifications are not allowed.

     LDAP_OTHER 	 An unknown error occurred.

API ERROR CODES
     This section provides a complete list of API error codes recognized by  the
     library.	Note that LDAP_SUCCESS indicates success of an API call in addi-
     tion to representing the return of the LDAP 'success' resultCode.

     LDAP_SERVER_DOWN	 The LDAP library can't contact the LDAP server.

     LDAP_LOCAL_ERROR	 Some  local  error  occurred.	This is usually a failed
			 dynamic memory allocation.

     LDAP_ENCODING_ERROR
			 An error was encountered encoding parameters to send to
			 the LDAP server.

     LDAP_DECODING_ERROR
			 An error was encountered decoding  a  result  from  the
			 LDAP server.

     LDAP_TIMEOUT	 A timelimit was exceeded while waiting for a result.

     LDAP_AUTH_UNKNOWN	 The  authentication  method specified to ldap_bind() is
			 not known.

     LDAP_FILTER_ERROR	 An invalid filter was supplied to ldap_search()  (e.g.,
			 unbalanced parentheses).

     LDAP_PARAM_ERROR	 An ldap routine was called with a bad parameter.

     LDAP_NO_MEMORY	 An  memory allocation (e.g., malloc(3) or other dynamic
			 memory allocator) call failed in an ldap  library  rou-
			 tine.

     LDAP_USER_CANCELED  Indicates the user cancelled the operation.

     LDAP_CONNECT_ERROR  Indicates a connection problem.

     LDAP_NOT_SUPPORTED  Indicates  the  routine was called in a manner not sup-
			 ported by the library.

     LDAP_CONTROL_NOT_FOUND
			 Indicates the control provided is unknown to the client
			 library.

     LDAP_NO_RESULTS_RETURNED
			 Indicates no results returned.

     LDAP_MORE_RESULTS_TO_RETURN
			 Indicates more results could be returned.

     LDAP_CLIENT_LOOP	 Indicates the library has detected a loop in  its  pro-
			 cessing.

     LDAP_REFERRAL_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
			 Indicates the referral limit has been exceeded.

DEPRECATED
     Deprecated interfaces generally remain in the library.  The macro LDAP_DEP-
     RECATED can be defined to a non-zero value (e.g., -DLDAP_DEPRECATED=1) when
     compiling program designed to use deprecated interfaces.  It is recommended
     that  developers  writing new programs, or updating old programs, avoid use
     of deprecated interfaces.	Over time, it  is  expected  that  documentation
     (and, eventually, support) for deprecated interfaces to be eliminated.

SEE ALSO
     ldap(3),

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
     OpenLDAP  Software  is  developed	and  maintained  by The OpenLDAP Project
     <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the  Univer-
     sity of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP 2.6.13 		   2026/03/09			   LDAP_ERROR(3)

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