Net::LDAP::Class::User(3)

NAME
Net::LDAP::Class::User - base class for LDAP user objects

SYNOPSIS
 package MyUser;
 use strict;
 use base qw( Net::LDAP::Class::User );

 # define action_for_* methods for your LDAP schema

 1;

DESCRIPTION
Net::LDAP::Class::User is a simple base class intended to be subclassed by schema-specific Net::LDAP::Class::User::* classes.

METHODS

  init
Overrides base method to check that group_class() is defined.

  add_to_group( group_object )
Adds group_object via the groups() method. A convenience method.

Must call update() to actually write the changes to the LDAP database.

  remove_from_group( group_object )
Removes group_object using the groups() method. A convenience method.

Must call update() to actually write the changes to the LDAP database.

  init_group_class
Default is to croak indicating you must override this method in your subclass.

  stringify
Aliased to username().

  username
Get/set the value of the first unique attribute.

  random_string([len])
Returns a random alphanumeric string of length len (default: 10).

AUTHOR
Peter Karman, "<karman at cpan.org>"

BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-ldap-class at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-LDAP-Class>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Net::LDAP::Class

You can also look for information at:

•   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

    <http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-LDAP-Class>

•   CPAN Ratings

    <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-LDAP-Class>

•   RT: CPAN's request tracker

    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-LDAP-Class>

•   Search CPAN

    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-LDAP-Class>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Minnesota Supercomputing Institute "http://www.msi.umn.edu/" sponsored the development of this software.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
Net::LDAP