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LDAP_MODIFY(3)		   Library Functions Manual		LDAP_MODIFY(3)

NAME
       ldap_modify_ext,	ldap_modify_ext_s - Perform an LDAP modify operation

LIBRARY
       OpenLDAP	LDAP (libldap, -lldap)

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<ldap.h>

       int ldap_modify_ext(
	      LDAP *ld,
	      char *dn,
	      LDAPMod *mods[],
	      LDAPControl **sctrls,
	      LDAPControl **cctrls,
	      int *msgidp );

       int ldap_modify_ext_s(
	      LDAP *ld,
	      char *dn,
	      LDAPMod *mods[],
	      LDAPControl **sctrls,
	      LDAPControl **cctrls );

       void ldap_mods_free(
	      LDAPMod **mods,
	      int freemods );

DESCRIPTION
       The routine ldap_modify_ext_s() is used to perform an LDAP modify oper-
       ation.	dn is the DN of	the entry to modify, and mods is a null-termi-
       nated array of modifications to make to the entry.  Each	element	of the
       mods array is a pointer to an LDAPMod structure,	which is  defined  be-
       low.

	    typedef struct ldapmod {
		int mod_op;
		char *mod_type;
		union {
		    char **modv_strvals;
		    struct berval **modv_bvals;
		} mod_vals;
	    } LDAPMod;
	    #define mod_values mod_vals.modv_strvals
	    #define mod_bvalues	mod_vals.modv_bvals

       The mod_op field	is used	to specify the type of modification to perform
       and  should  be	one  of	LDAP_MOD_ADD, LDAP_MOD_DELETE, or LDAP_MOD_RE-
       PLACE.  The mod_type and	mod_values fields specify the  attribute  type
       to  modify and a	null-terminated	array of values	to add,	delete,	or re-
       place respectively.

       If you need to specify a	non-string value (e.g.,	to add a photo or  au-
       dio  attribute  value),	you should set mod_op to the logical OR	of the
       operation  as  above  (e.g.,   LDAP_MOD_REPLACE)	  and	the   constant
       LDAP_MOD_BVALUES.   In this case, mod_bvalues should be used instead of
       mod_values, and it should point to a null-terminated  array  of	struct
       bervals,	as defined in <lber.h>.

       For  LDAP_MOD_ADD  modifications, the given values are added to the en-
       try, creating the attribute if necessary.  For LDAP_MOD_DELETE  modifi-
       cations,	 the given values are deleted from the entry, removing the at-
       tribute if no values remain.  If	the entire attribute is	to be deleted,
       the mod_values field should be set to NULL.  For	LDAP_MOD_REPLACE modi-
       fications, the attribute	will have the listed values after the  modifi-
       cation,	having	been created if	necessary.  All	modifications are per-
       formed in the order in which they are listed.

       ldap_mods_free()	can be used to free each element of a  NULL-terminated
       array of	mod structures.	 If freemods is	non-zero, the mods pointer it-
       self is freed as	well.

       ldap_modify_ext_s()  returns  a code indicating success or, in the case
       of failure, indicating the nature of the	 failure.   See	 ldap_error(3)
       for details

       The  ldap_modify_ext()  operation  works	 the  same  way	 as  ldap_mod-
       ify_ext_s(), except that	it is asynchronous. The	 integer  that	msgidp
       points  to  is set to the message id of the modify request.  The	result
       of the operation	can be obtained	by calling ldap_result(3).

       Both ldap_modify_ext() and ldap_modify_ext_s() allows server and	client
       controls	to be passed in	via the	sctrls and cctrls parameters,  respec-
       tively.

DEPRECATED INTERFACES
       The  ldap_modify() and ldap_modify_s() routines are deprecated in favor
       of the  ldap_modify_ext()  and  ldap_modify_ext_s()  routines,  respec-
       tively.

       Deprecated  interfaces  generally  remain  in  the  library.  The macro
       LDAP_DEPRECATED can be defined to a non-zero value (e.g., -DLDAP_DEPRE-
       CATED=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 ex-
       pected that documentation (and, eventually, support) for	deprecated in-
       terfaces	to be eliminated.

SEE ALSO
       ldap(3),	ldap_error(3),

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

OpenLDAP 2.6.9			  2024/11/26			LDAP_MODIFY(3)

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