noSuchAttribute?? (for BER gurus??)

Julio M. Santos (julioms@morgane.com)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 17:21:51 -0700

Hi,

I'm writing an application which among other things, has to connect to a
LDAP server.
I'm very new to LDAP and for now, still trying to 'bind' to the server. The
array of
bytes I send to the server is:

[sent to server]
0x30 0x0C -- sequence, 12 bytes long
0x02 0x01 0x00 -- integer, 1 byte long, value 0 (message ID)
0x60 0x07 -- application 0, bind request, 7 bytes long
0x02 0x01 0x00 -- integer, 1 byte long, value 2 (LDAP version)
0x04 0x00 -- octet string, null (login)
0x00 0x00 -- octet string, null (password)
[--------------]

what the server sends back is:

[received from server]
0x30 0x0C
0x02 0x01 0x00
0x61 0x07 -- application 1
^^ ^^^

0x0A 0x01 0x00 -- error code == 16 (0x0A) which stands for
"noSuchAttribute"
^^

0x04 0x00
0x00 0x00
[--------------------]

I understand that the server is replying 'noSuchAttribute', what's that
mean!?

I believe I'm doing something completely wrong, but what!?!?! Can someone
help me on this?

Thanks,

Julio M Santos
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MagicWeb Communications, Inc.
Sunnyvale CA 94086 - USA