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+/* 
+   ldb database library
+
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell  2004
+   Copyright (C) Stefan Metzmacher  2004
+   Copyright (C) Simo Sorce  2005-2006
+
+     ** NOTE! The following LGPL license applies to the ldb
+     ** library. This does NOT imply that all of Samba is released
+     ** under the LGPL
+   
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/*
+ *  Name: ldb
+ *
+ *  Component: ldb header
+ *
+ *  Description: defines for base ldb API
+ *
+ *  Author: Andrew Tridgell
+ *  Author: Stefan Metzmacher
+ */
+
+/**
+   \file ldb.h Samba's ldb database
+
+   This header file provides the main API for ldb.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _LDB_H_
+
+/*! \cond DOXYGEN_IGNORE */
+#define _LDB_H_ 1
+/*! \endcond */
+
+/*
+  major restrictions as compared to normal LDAP:
+
+     - no async calls.
+     - each record must have a unique key field
+     - the key must be representable as a NULL terminated C string and may not 
+       contain a comma or braces
+
+  major restrictions as compared to tdb:
+
+     - no explicit locking calls
+     UPDATE: we have transactions now, better than locking --SSS.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef ldb_val
+/**
+   Result value
+
+   An individual lump of data in a result comes in this format. The
+   pointer will usually be to a UTF-8 string if the application is
+   sensible, but it can be to anything you like, including binary data
+   blobs of arbitrary size.
+
+   \note the data is null (0x00) terminated, but the length does not
+   include the terminator. 
+*/
+struct ldb_val {
+	uint8_t *data; /*!< result data */
+	size_t length; /*!< length of data */
+};
+#endif
+
+/*! \cond DOXYGEN_IGNORE */
+#ifndef PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE
+#define PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(a,b)
+#endif
+/*! \endcond */
+
+/* opaque ldb_dn structures, see ldb_dn.c for internals */
+struct ldb_dn_component;
+struct ldb_dn;
+
+/**
+ There are a number of flags that are used with ldap_modify() in
+ ldb_message_element.flags fields. The LDA_FLAGS_MOD_ADD,
+ LDA_FLAGS_MOD_DELETE and LDA_FLAGS_MOD_REPLACE flags are used in
+ ldap_modify() calls to specify whether attributes are being added,
+ deleted or modified respectively.
+*/
+#define LDB_FLAG_MOD_MASK  0x3
+
+/**
+   Flag value used in ldap_modify() to indicate that attributes are
+   being added.
+
+   \sa LDB_FLAG_MOD_MASK
+*/
+#define LDB_FLAG_MOD_ADD     1
+
+/**
+   Flag value used in ldap_modify() to indicate that attributes are
+   being replaced.
+
+   \sa LDB_FLAG_MOD_MASK
+*/
+#define LDB_FLAG_MOD_REPLACE 2
+
+/**
+   Flag value used in ldap_modify() to indicate that attributes are
+   being deleted.
+
+   \sa LDB_FLAG_MOD_MASK
+*/
+#define LDB_FLAG_MOD_DELETE  3
+
+/**
+  OID for logic AND comaprison.
+
+  This is the well known object ID for a logical AND comparitor.
+*/
+#define LDB_OID_COMPARATOR_AND  "1.2.840.113556.1.4.803"
+
+/**
+  OID for logic OR comparison.
+
+  This is the well known object ID for a logical OR comparitor.
+*/
+#define LDB_OID_COMPARATOR_OR   "1.2.840.113556.1.4.804"
+
+/**
+  results are given back as arrays of ldb_message_element
+*/
+struct ldb_message_element {
+	unsigned int flags;
+	const char *name;
+	unsigned int num_values;
+	struct ldb_val *values;
+};
+
+
+/**
+  a ldb_message represents all or part of a record. It can contain an arbitrary
+  number of elements. 
+*/
+struct ldb_message {
+	struct ldb_dn *dn;
+	unsigned int num_elements;
+	struct ldb_message_element *elements;
+};
+
+enum ldb_changetype {
+	LDB_CHANGETYPE_NONE=0,
+	LDB_CHANGETYPE_ADD,
+	LDB_CHANGETYPE_DELETE,
+	LDB_CHANGETYPE_MODIFY
+};
+
+/**
+  LDIF record
+
+  This structure contains a LDIF record, as returned from ldif_read()
+  and equivalent functions.
+*/
+struct ldb_ldif {
+	enum ldb_changetype changetype; /*!< The type of change */
+	struct ldb_message *msg;  /*!< The changes */
+};
+
+enum ldb_scope {LDB_SCOPE_DEFAULT=-1, 
+		LDB_SCOPE_BASE=0, 
+		LDB_SCOPE_ONELEVEL=1,
+		LDB_SCOPE_SUBTREE=2};
+
+struct ldb_context;
+
+/* debugging uses one of the following levels */
+enum ldb_debug_level {LDB_DEBUG_FATAL, LDB_DEBUG_ERROR, 
+		      LDB_DEBUG_WARNING, LDB_DEBUG_TRACE};
+
+/**
+  the user can optionally supply a debug function. The function
+  is based on the vfprintf() style of interface, but with the addition
+  of a severity level
+*/
+struct ldb_debug_ops {
+	void (*debug)(void *context, enum ldb_debug_level level, 
+		      const char *fmt, va_list ap) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3,0);
+	void *context;
+};
+
+/**
+  The user can optionally supply a custom utf8 functions,
+  to handle comparisons and casefolding.
+*/
+struct ldb_utf8_fns {
+	void *context;
+	char *(*casefold)(void *context, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s, size_t n);
+};
+
+/**
+   Flag value for database connection mode.
+
+   If LDB_FLG_RDONLY is used in ldb_connect, then the database will be
+   opened read-only, if possible.
+*/
+#define LDB_FLG_RDONLY 1
+
+/**
+   Flag value for database connection mode.
+
+   If LDB_FLG_NOSYNC is used in ldb_connect, then the database will be
+   opened without synchronous operations, if possible.
+*/
+#define LDB_FLG_NOSYNC 2
+
+/**
+   Flag value to specify autoreconnect mode.
+
+   If LDB_FLG_RECONNECT is used in ldb_connect, then the backend will
+   be opened in a way that makes it try to auto reconnect if the
+   connection is dropped (actually make sense only with ldap).
+*/
+#define LDB_FLG_RECONNECT 4
+
+/**
+   Flag to tell backends not to use mmap
+*/
+#define LDB_FLG_NOMMAP 8
+
+/*
+   structures for ldb_parse_tree handling code
+*/
+enum ldb_parse_op { LDB_OP_AND=1, LDB_OP_OR=2, LDB_OP_NOT=3,
+		    LDB_OP_EQUALITY=4, LDB_OP_SUBSTRING=5,
+		    LDB_OP_GREATER=6, LDB_OP_LESS=7, LDB_OP_PRESENT=8,
+		    LDB_OP_APPROX=9, LDB_OP_EXTENDED=10 };
+
+struct ldb_parse_tree {
+	enum ldb_parse_op operation;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			struct ldb_parse_tree *child;
+		} isnot;
+		struct {
+			const char *attr;
+			struct ldb_val value;
+		} equality;
+		struct {
+			const char *attr;
+			int start_with_wildcard;
+			int end_with_wildcard;
+			struct ldb_val **chunks;
+		} substring;
+		struct {
+			const char *attr;
+		} present;
+		struct {
+			const char *attr;
+			struct ldb_val value;
+		} comparison;
+		struct {
+			const char *attr;
+			int dnAttributes;
+			char *rule_id;
+			struct ldb_val value;
+		} extended;
+		struct {
+			unsigned int num_elements;
+			struct ldb_parse_tree **elements;
+		} list;
+	} u;
+};
+
+struct ldb_parse_tree *ldb_parse_tree(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s);
+char *ldb_filter_from_tree(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree);
+
+/**
+   Encode a binary blob
+
+   This function encodes a binary blob using the encoding rules in RFC
+   2254 (Section 4). This function also escapes any non-printable
+   characters.
+
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to allocate the return string in.
+   \param val the (potentially) binary data to be encoded
+
+   \return the encoded data as a null terminated string
+
+   \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>.
+*/
+char *ldb_binary_encode(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_val val);
+
+/**
+   Encode a string
+
+   This function encodes a string using the encoding rules in RFC 2254
+   (Section 4). This function also escapes any non-printable
+   characters.
+
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to allocate the return string in.
+   \param string the string to be encoded
+
+   \return the encoded data as a null terminated string
+
+   \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>.
+*/
+char *ldb_binary_encode_string(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *string);
+
+/*
+  functions for controlling attribute handling
+*/
+typedef int (*ldb_attr_handler_t)(struct ldb_context *, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const struct ldb_val *, struct ldb_val *);
+typedef int (*ldb_attr_comparison_t)(struct ldb_context *, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const struct ldb_val *, const struct ldb_val *);
+
+/*
+  attribute handler structure
+
+  attr			-> The attribute name
+  flags			-> LDB_ATTR_FLAG_*
+  ldif_read_fn		-> convert from ldif to binary format
+  ldif_write_fn		-> convert from binary to ldif format
+  canonicalise_fn	-> canonicalise a value, for use by indexing and dn construction
+  comparison_fn		-> compare two values
+*/
+
+struct ldb_schema_syntax {
+	const char *name;
+	ldb_attr_handler_t ldif_read_fn;
+	ldb_attr_handler_t ldif_write_fn;
+	ldb_attr_handler_t canonicalise_fn;
+	ldb_attr_comparison_t comparison_fn;
+};
+
+struct ldb_schema_attribute {
+	const char *name;
+	unsigned flags;
+	const struct ldb_schema_syntax *syntax;
+};
+
+const struct ldb_schema_attribute *ldb_schema_attribute_by_name(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+								const char *name);
+
+/**
+   The attribute is not returned by default
+*/
+#define LDB_ATTR_FLAG_HIDDEN       (1<<0) 
+
+/* the attribute handler name should be freed when released */
+#define LDB_ATTR_FLAG_ALLOCATED    (1<<1) 
+
+/**
+   The attribute is supplied by the application and should not be removed
+*/
+#define LDB_ATTR_FLAG_FIXED        (1<<2) 
+
+/**
+  LDAP attribute syntax for a DN
+
+  This is the well-known LDAP attribute syntax for a DN.
+
+  See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>, Section 4.3.2 
+*/
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_DN                   "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12"
+
+/**
+  LDAP attribute syntax for a Directory String
+
+  This is the well-known LDAP attribute syntax for a Directory String.
+
+  \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>, Section 4.3.2 
+*/
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_DIRECTORY_STRING     "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15"
+
+/**
+  LDAP attribute syntax for an integer
+
+  This is the well-known LDAP attribute syntax for an integer.
+
+  See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>, Section 4.3.2 
+*/
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_INTEGER              "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.27"
+
+/**
+  LDAP attribute syntax for an octet string
+
+  This is the well-known LDAP attribute syntax for an octet string.
+
+  See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>, Section 4.3.2 
+*/
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_OCTET_STRING         "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40"
+
+/**
+  LDAP attribute syntax for UTC time.
+
+  This is the well-known LDAP attribute syntax for a UTC time.
+
+  See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2252.txt">RFC 2252</a>, Section 4.3.2 
+*/
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_UTC_TIME             "1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.53"
+
+#define LDB_SYNTAX_OBJECTCLASS          "LDB_SYNTAX_OBJECTCLASS"
+
+/* sorting helpers */
+typedef int (*ldb_qsort_cmp_fn_t) (void *v1, void *v2, void *opaque);
+
+/**
+   OID for the paged results control. This control is included in the
+   searchRequest and searchResultDone messages as part of the controls
+   field of the LDAPMessage, as defined in Section 4.1.12 of
+   LDAP v3. 
+
+   \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2696.txt">RFC 2696</a>.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_PAGED_RESULTS_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.319"
+
+/**
+   OID for specifying the returned elements of the ntSecurityDescriptor
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_sd_flags_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_SD_FLAGS_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.801"
+
+/**
+   OID for specifying an advanced scope for the search (one partition)
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_domain_scope_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_DOMAIN_SCOPE_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.1339"
+
+/**
+   OID for specifying an advanced scope for a search
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_search_options_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_SEARCH_OPTIONS_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.1340"
+
+/**
+   OID for notification
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_notification_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_NOTIFICATION_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.528"
+
+/**
+   OID for getting deleted objects
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_show_deleted_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_SHOW_DELETED_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.417"
+
+/**
+   OID for extended DN
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_extended_dn_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_EXTENDED_DN_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.529"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP server sort result extension.
+
+   This control is included in the searchRequest message as part of
+   the controls field of the LDAPMessage, as defined in Section 4.1.12
+   of LDAP v3. The controlType is set to
+   "1.2.840.113556.1.4.473". The criticality MAY be either TRUE or
+   FALSE (where absent is also equivalent to FALSE) at the client's
+   option.
+
+   \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2891.txt">RFC 2891</a>.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_SERVER_SORT_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.473"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP server sort result response extension.
+
+   This control is included in the searchResultDone message as part of
+   the controls field of the LDAPMessage, as defined in Section 4.1.12 of
+   LDAP v3.
+
+   \sa <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2891.txt">RFC 2891</a>.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_SORT_RESP_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.474"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP Attribute Scoped Query extension.
+
+   This control is included in SearchRequest or SearchResponse
+   messages as part of the controls field of the LDAPMessage.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_ASQ_OID		"1.2.840.113556.1.4.1504"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP Directory Sync extension. 
+
+   This control is included in SearchRequest or SearchResponse
+   messages as part of the controls field of the LDAPMessage.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_DIRSYNC_OID		"1.2.840.113556.1.4.841"
+
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP Virtual List View Request extension.
+
+   This control is included in SearchRequest messages
+   as part of the controls field of the LDAPMessage.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_VLV_REQ_OID		"2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.9"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP Virtual List View Response extension.
+
+   This control is included in SearchResponse messages
+   as part of the controls field of the LDAPMessage.
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_VLV_RESP_OID	"2.16.840.1.113730.3.4.10"
+
+/**
+   OID to let modifies don't give an error when adding an existing
+   attribute with the same value or deleting an nonexisting one attribute
+
+   \sa <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ldap/ldap/ldap_server_permissive_modify_oid.asp">Microsoft documentation of this OID</a>
+*/
+#define LDB_CONTROL_PERMISSIVE_MODIFY_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.1413"
+
+/**
+   OID for LDAP Extended Operation START_TLS.
+
+   This Extended operation is used to start a new TLS
+   channel on top of a clear text channel.
+*/
+#define LDB_EXTENDED_START_TLS_OID	"1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.20037"
+
+/**
+*/
+#define LDB_EXTENDED_DYNAMIC_OID	"1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.101.119.1"
+
+/**
+*/
+#define LDB_EXTENDED_FAST_BIND_OID	"1.2.840.113556.1.4.1781"
+
+struct ldb_sd_flags_control {
+	/*
+	 * request the owner	0x00000001
+	 * request the group	0x00000002
+	 * request the DACL	0x00000004
+	 * request the SACL	0x00000008
+	 */
+	unsigned secinfo_flags;
+};
+
+/*
+ * DOMAIN_SCOPE		0x00000001
+ * this limits the search to one partition,
+ * and no referrals will be returned.
+ * (Note this doesn't limit the entries by there
+ *  objectSid belonging to a domain! Builtin and Foreign Sids
+ *  are still returned)
+ *
+ * PHANTOM_ROOT		0x00000002
+ * this search on the whole tree on a domain controller
+ * over multiple partitions without referrals.
+ * (This is the default behavior on the Global Catalog Port)
+ */
+
+#define LDB_SEARCH_OPTION_DOMAIN_SCOPE 0x00000001
+#define LDB_SEARCH_OPTION_PHANTOM_ROOT 0x00000002
+
+struct ldb_search_options_control {
+	unsigned search_options;
+};
+
+struct ldb_paged_control {
+	int size;
+	int cookie_len;
+	char *cookie;
+};
+
+struct ldb_extended_dn_control {
+	int type;
+};
+
+struct ldb_server_sort_control {
+	char *attributeName;
+	char *orderingRule;
+	int reverse;
+};
+
+struct ldb_sort_resp_control {
+	int result;
+	char *attr_desc;
+};
+
+struct ldb_asq_control {
+	int request;
+	char *source_attribute;
+	int src_attr_len;
+	int result;
+};
+
+struct ldb_dirsync_control {
+	int flags;
+	int max_attributes;
+	int cookie_len;
+	char *cookie;
+};
+
+struct ldb_vlv_req_control {
+	int beforeCount;
+	int afterCount;
+	int type;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			int offset;
+			int contentCount;
+		} byOffset;
+		struct {
+			int value_len;
+			char *value;
+		} gtOrEq;
+	} match;
+	int ctxid_len;
+	char *contextId;
+};
+
+struct ldb_vlv_resp_control {
+	int targetPosition;
+	int contentCount;
+	int vlv_result;
+	int ctxid_len;
+	char *contextId;
+};
+
+struct ldb_control {
+	const char *oid;
+	int critical;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+enum ldb_request_type {
+	LDB_SEARCH,
+	LDB_ADD,
+	LDB_MODIFY,
+	LDB_DELETE,
+	LDB_RENAME,
+	LDB_EXTENDED,
+	LDB_SEQUENCE_NUMBER,
+	LDB_REQ_REGISTER_CONTROL,
+	LDB_REQ_REGISTER_PARTITION
+};
+
+enum ldb_reply_type {
+	LDB_REPLY_ENTRY,
+	LDB_REPLY_REFERRAL,
+	LDB_REPLY_EXTENDED,
+	LDB_REPLY_DONE
+};
+
+enum ldb_wait_type {
+	LDB_WAIT_ALL,
+	LDB_WAIT_NONE
+};
+
+enum ldb_state {
+	LDB_ASYNC_INIT,
+	LDB_ASYNC_PENDING,
+	LDB_ASYNC_DONE
+};
+
+struct ldb_extended {
+	const char *oid;
+	void *data; /* NULL or a valid talloc pointer! talloc_get_type() will be used on it */
+};
+
+struct ldb_result {
+	unsigned int count;
+	struct ldb_message **msgs;
+	char **refs;
+	struct ldb_extended *extended;
+	struct ldb_control **controls;
+};
+
+struct ldb_reply {
+	enum ldb_reply_type type;
+	struct ldb_message *message;
+	struct ldb_extended *response;
+	char *referral;
+	struct ldb_control **controls;
+};
+
+struct ldb_handle {
+	int status;
+	enum ldb_state state;
+	void *private_data;
+	struct ldb_module *module;
+};
+
+struct ldb_search {
+	struct ldb_dn *base;
+	enum ldb_scope scope;
+	struct ldb_parse_tree *tree;
+	const char * const *attrs;
+	struct ldb_result *res;
+};
+
+struct ldb_add {
+	const struct ldb_message *message;
+};
+
+struct ldb_modify {
+	const struct ldb_message *message;
+};
+
+struct ldb_delete {
+	struct ldb_dn *dn;
+};
+
+struct ldb_rename {
+	struct ldb_dn *olddn;
+	struct ldb_dn *newdn;
+};
+
+struct ldb_register_control {
+	const char *oid;
+};
+
+struct ldb_register_partition {
+	struct ldb_dn *dn;
+};
+
+enum ldb_sequence_type {
+	LDB_SEQ_HIGHEST_SEQ,
+	LDB_SEQ_HIGHEST_TIMESTAMP,
+	LDB_SEQ_NEXT
+};
+
+struct ldb_sequence_number {
+	enum ldb_sequence_type type;
+	uint64_t seq_num;
+	uint32_t flags;
+};
+
+typedef int (*ldb_request_callback_t)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_reply *);
+struct ldb_request {
+
+	enum ldb_request_type operation;
+
+	union {
+		struct ldb_search search;
+		struct ldb_add    add;
+		struct ldb_modify mod;
+		struct ldb_delete del;
+		struct ldb_rename rename;
+		struct ldb_extended extended;
+		struct ldb_sequence_number seq_num;
+		struct ldb_register_control reg_control;
+		struct ldb_register_partition reg_partition;
+	} op;
+
+	struct ldb_control **controls;
+
+	void *context;
+	ldb_request_callback_t callback;
+
+	int timeout;
+	time_t starttime;
+	struct ldb_handle *handle;
+};
+
+int ldb_request(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_request *request);
+
+int ldb_wait(struct ldb_handle *handle, enum ldb_wait_type type);
+
+int ldb_set_timeout(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_request *req, int timeout);
+int ldb_set_timeout_from_prev_req(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_request *oldreq, struct ldb_request *newreq);
+void ldb_set_create_perms(struct ldb_context *ldb, unsigned int perms);
+void ldb_set_modules_dir(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *path);
+struct event_context;
+void ldb_set_event_context(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct event_context *ev);
+struct event_context * ldb_get_event_context(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+  Initialise ldbs' global information
+
+  This is required before any other LDB call
+
+  \return 0 if initialisation succeeded, -1 otherwise
+*/
+int ldb_global_init(void);
+
+/**
+  Initialise an ldb context
+
+  This is required before any other LDB call.
+
+  \param mem_ctx pointer to a talloc memory context. Pass NULL if there is
+  no suitable context available.
+
+  \return pointer to ldb_context that should be free'd (using talloc_free())
+  at the end of the program.
+*/
+struct ldb_context *ldb_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct event_context *ev_ctx);
+
+/**
+   Connect to a database.
+
+   This is typically called soon after ldb_init(), and is required prior to
+   any search or database modification operations.
+
+   The URL can be one of the following forms:
+    - tdb://path
+    - ldapi://path
+    - ldap://host
+    - sqlite://path
+
+   \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+   \param url the URL of the database to connect to, as noted above
+   \param flags a combination of LDB_FLG_* to modify the connection behaviour
+   \param options backend specific options - passed uninterpreted to the backend
+
+   \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+
+   \note It is an error to connect to a database that does not exist in readonly mode
+   (that is, with LDB_FLG_RDONLY). However in read-write mode, the database will be
+   created if it does not exist.
+*/
+int ldb_connect(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *url, unsigned int flags, const char *options[]);
+
+/*
+  return an automatic basedn from the rootDomainNamingContext of the rootDSE
+  This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time
+*/
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_root_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/*
+  return an automatic basedn from the configurationNamingContext of the rootDSE
+  This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time
+*/
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_config_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/*
+  return an automatic basedn from the schemaNamingContext of the rootDSE
+  This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time
+*/
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_schema_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/*
+  return an automatic baseDN from the defaultNamingContext of the rootDSE
+  This value have been set in an opaque pointer at connection time
+*/
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_get_default_basedn(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+  The default async search callback function 
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param context the callback context (struct ldb_result *)
+  \param ares a single reply from the async core
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+
+  \note this function expects the context to always be an struct ldb_result pointer
+  AND a talloc context, this function will steal on the context each message
+  from the ares reply passed on by the async core so that in the end all the
+  messages will be in the context (ldb_result)  memory tree.
+  Freeing the passed context (ldb_result tree) will free all the resources
+  (the request need to be freed separately and the result doe not depend on the
+  request that can be freed as sson as the search request is finished)
+*/
+
+int ldb_search_default_callback(struct ldb_context *ldb, void *context, struct ldb_reply *ares);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build a search request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param base the Base Distinguished Name for the query (use ldb_dn_new() for an empty one)
+  \param scope the search scope for the query
+  \param expression the search expression to use for this query
+  \param attrs the search attributes for the query (pass NULL if none required)
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+
+int ldb_build_search_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			struct ldb_dn *base,
+	       		enum ldb_scope scope,
+			const char *expression,
+			const char * const *attrs,
+			struct ldb_control **controls,
+			void *context,
+			ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build an add request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param message contains the entry to be added 
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+
+int ldb_build_add_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			const struct ldb_message *message,
+			struct ldb_control **controls,
+			void *context,
+			ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build a modify request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param message contains the entry to be modified
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+
+int ldb_build_mod_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			const struct ldb_message *message,
+			struct ldb_control **controls,
+			void *context,
+			ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build a delete request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param dn the DN to be deleted
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+
+int ldb_build_del_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			struct ldb_dn *dn,
+			struct ldb_control **controls,
+			void *context,
+			ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build a rename request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param olddn the old DN
+  \param newdn the new DN
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+
+int ldb_build_rename_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			struct ldb_dn *olddn,
+			struct ldb_dn *newdn,
+			struct ldb_control **controls,
+			void *context,
+			ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  Add a ldb_control to a ldb_request
+
+  \param req the request struct where to add the control
+  \param oid the object identifier of the control as string
+  \param critical whether the control should be critical or not
+  \param data a talloc pointer to the control specific data
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_request_add_control(struct ldb_request *req, const char *oid, bool critical, void *data);
+
+/**
+   check if a control with the specified "oid" exist and return it 
+  \param req the request struct where to add the control
+  \param oid the object identifier of the control as string
+
+  \return the control, NULL if not found 
+*/
+struct ldb_control *ldb_request_get_control(struct ldb_request *req, const char *oid);
+
+/**
+  Search the database
+
+  This function searches the database, and returns 
+  records that match an LDAP-like search expression
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param base the Base Distinguished Name for the query (use ldb_dn_new() for an empty one)
+  \param scope the search scope for the query
+  \param expression the search expression to use for this query
+  \param attrs the search attributes for the query (pass NULL if none required)
+  \param res the return result
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+
+  \note use talloc_free() to free the ldb_result returned
+*/
+int ldb_search(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+	       struct ldb_dn *base,
+	       enum ldb_scope scope,
+	       const char *expression,
+	       const char * const *attrs, struct ldb_result **res);
+
+/*
+ * a useful search function where you can easily define the expression and
+ * that takes a memory context where results are allocated
+*/
+
+int ldb_search_exp_fmt(struct ldb_context *ldb, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+		       struct ldb_result **result, struct ldb_dn *base,
+		       enum ldb_scope scope, const char * const *attrs,
+		       const char *exp_fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(7,8);
+
+/**
+  Add a record to the database.
+
+  This function adds a record to the database. This function will fail
+  if a record with the specified class and key already exists in the
+  database. 
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from
+  ldb_init())
+  \param message the message containing the record to add.
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was added, otherwise
+  a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_add(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+	    const struct ldb_message *message);
+
+/**
+  Modify the specified attributes of a record
+
+  This function modifies a record that is in the database.
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from
+  ldb_init())
+  \param message the message containing the changes required.
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was modified as
+  requested, otherwise a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_modify(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+	       const struct ldb_message *message);
+
+/**
+  Rename a record in the database
+
+  This function renames a record in the database.
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from
+  ldb_init())
+  \param olddn the DN for the record to be renamed.
+  \param newdn the new DN 
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was renamed as
+  requested, otherwise a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_rename(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_dn *olddn, struct ldb_dn *newdn);
+
+/**
+  Delete a record from the database
+
+  This function deletes a record from the database.
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from
+  ldb_init())
+  \param dn the DN for the record to be deleted.
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the record was deleted,
+  otherwise a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_delete(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+
+/**
+  The default async extended operation callback function 
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param context the callback context (struct ldb_result *)
+  \param ares a single reply from the async core
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+
+  \note this function expects the context to always be an struct ldb_result pointer
+  AND a talloc context, this function will steal on the context each message
+  from the ares reply passed on by the async core so that in the end all the
+  messages will be in the context (ldb_result)  memory tree.
+  Freeing the passed context (ldb_result tree) will free all the resources
+  (the request need to be freed separately and the result doe not depend on the
+  request that can be freed as sson as the search request is finished)
+*/
+int ldb_extended_default_callback(struct ldb_context *ldb, void *context, struct ldb_reply *ares);
+
+/**
+  Helper function to build a extended request
+
+  \param ret_req the request structure is returned here (talloced on mem_ctx)
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param mem_ctx a talloc memory context (used as parent of ret_req)
+  \param oid the OID of the extended operation.
+  \param data a void pointer a the extended operation specific parameters,
+  it needs to be NULL or a valid talloc pointer! talloc_get_type() will be used on it  
+  \param controls an array of controls
+  \param context the callback function context
+  \param callback the callback function to handle the async replies
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS on success, or a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_build_extended_req(struct ldb_request **ret_req,
+			   struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			   TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+			   const char *oid,
+			   void *data,/* NULL or a valid talloc pointer! talloc_get_type() will be used on it */
+			   struct ldb_control **controls,
+			   void *context,
+			   ldb_request_callback_t callback);
+
+/**
+  call an extended operation
+
+  This function deletes a record from the database.
+
+  \param ldb the context associated with the database (from ldb_init())
+  \param oid the OID of the extended operation.
+  \param data a void pointer a the extended operation specific parameters,
+  it needs to be NULL or a valid talloc pointer! talloc_get_type() will be used on it  
+  \param res the result of the extended operation
+
+  \return result code (LDB_SUCCESS if the extended operation returned fine,
+  otherwise a failure code)
+*/
+int ldb_extended(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+		 const char *oid,
+		 void *data,/* NULL or a valid talloc pointer! talloc_get_type() will be used on it */
+		 struct ldb_result **res);
+
+/**
+  start a transaction
+*/
+int ldb_transaction_start(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+  commit a transaction
+*/
+int ldb_transaction_commit(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+  cancel a transaction
+*/
+int ldb_transaction_cancel(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+
+/**
+  return extended error information from the last call
+*/
+const char *ldb_errstring(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+  return a string explaining what a ldb error constant meancs
+*/
+const char *ldb_strerror(int ldb_err);
+
+/**
+  setup the default utf8 functions
+  FIXME: these functions do not yet handle utf8
+*/
+void ldb_set_utf8_default(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/**
+   Casefold a string
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to allocate the result string
+   memory from. 
+   \param s the string that is to be folded
+   \return a copy of the string, converted to upper case
+
+   \note The default function is not yet UTF8 aware. Provide your own
+         set of functions through ldb_set_utf8_fns()
+*/
+char *ldb_casefold(struct ldb_context *ldb, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s, size_t n);
+
+/**
+   Check the attribute name is valid according to rfc2251
+   \param s the string to check
+
+   \return 1 if the name is ok
+*/
+int ldb_valid_attr_name(const char *s);
+
+/*
+  ldif manipulation functions
+*/
+
+/**
+   Write an LDIF message
+
+   This function writes an LDIF message using a caller supplied  write
+   function.
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param fprintf_fn a function pointer for the write function. This must take
+   a private data pointer, followed by a format string, and then a variable argument
+   list. 
+   \param private_data pointer that will be provided back to the write
+   function. This is useful for maintaining state or context.
+   \param ldif the message to write out
+
+   \return the total number of bytes written, or an error code as returned
+   from the write function.
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_write_file for a more convenient way to write to a
+   file stream.
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read for the reader equivalent to this function.
+*/
+int ldb_ldif_write(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+		   int (*fprintf_fn)(void *, const char *, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,3), 
+		   void *private_data,
+		   const struct ldb_ldif *ldif);
+
+/**
+   Clean up an LDIF message
+
+   This function cleans up a LDIF message read using ldb_ldif_read()
+   or related functions (such as ldb_ldif_read_string() and
+   ldb_ldif_read_file().
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param msg the message to clean up and free
+
+*/
+void ldb_ldif_read_free(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_ldif *msg);
+
+/**
+   Read an LDIF message
+
+   This function creates an LDIF message using a caller supplied read
+   function. 
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param fgetc_fn a function pointer for the read function. This must
+   take a private data pointer, and must return a pointer to an
+   integer corresponding to the next byte read (or EOF if there is no
+   more data to be read).
+   \param private_data pointer that will be provided back to the read
+   function. This is udeful for maintaining state or context.
+
+   \return the LDIF message that has been read in
+
+   \note You must free the LDIF message when no longer required, using
+   ldb_ldif_read_free().
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read_file for a more convenient way to read from a
+   file stream.
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read_string for a more convenient way to read from a
+   string (char array).
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_write for the writer equivalent to this function.
+*/
+struct ldb_ldif *ldb_ldif_read(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+			       int (*fgetc_fn)(void *), void *private_data);
+
+/**
+   Read an LDIF message from a file
+
+   This function reads the next LDIF message from the contents of a
+   file stream. If you want to get all of the LDIF messages, you will
+   need to repeatedly call this function, until it returns NULL.
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param f the file stream to read from (typically from fdopen())
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read_string for an equivalent function that will read
+   from a string (char array).
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_write_file for the writer equivalent to this function.
+
+*/
+struct ldb_ldif *ldb_ldif_read_file(struct ldb_context *ldb, FILE *f);
+
+/**
+   Read an LDIF message from a string
+
+   This function reads the next LDIF message from the contents of a char
+   array. If you want to get all of the LDIF messages, you will need
+   to repeatedly call this function, until it returns NULL.
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param s pointer to the char array to read from
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read_file for an equivalent function that will read
+   from a file stream.
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_write for a more general (arbitrary read function)
+   version of this function.
+*/
+struct ldb_ldif *ldb_ldif_read_string(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char **s);
+
+/**
+   Write an LDIF message to a file
+
+   \param ldb the ldb context (from ldb_init())
+   \param f the file stream to write to (typically from fdopen())
+   \param msg the message to write out
+
+   \return the total number of bytes written, or a negative error code
+
+   \sa ldb_ldif_read_file for the reader equivalent to this function.
+*/
+int ldb_ldif_write_file(struct ldb_context *ldb, FILE *f, const struct ldb_ldif *msg);
+
+/**
+   Base64 encode a buffer
+
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context that the result is allocated
+   from. 
+   \param buf pointer to the array that is to be encoded
+   \param len the number of elements in the array to be encoded
+
+   \return pointer to an array containing the encoded data
+
+   \note The caller is responsible for freeing the result
+*/
+char *ldb_base64_encode(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *buf, int len);
+
+/**
+   Base64 decode a buffer
+
+   This function decodes a base64 encoded string in place.
+
+   \param s the string to decode.
+
+   \return the length of the returned (decoded) string.
+
+   \note the string is null terminated, but the null terminator is not
+   included in the length.
+*/
+int ldb_base64_decode(char *s);
+
+/* The following definitions come from lib/ldb/common/ldb_dn.c  */
+
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_dn_new(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *dn);
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_dn_new_fmt(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *new_fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3,4);
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_dn_from_ldb_val(void *mem_ctx, struct ldb_context *ldb, const struct ldb_val *strdn);
+bool ldb_dn_validate(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+
+char *ldb_dn_escape_value(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_val value);
+const char *ldb_dn_get_linearized(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+const char *ldb_dn_get_casefold(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+char *ldb_dn_alloc_linearized(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+char *ldb_dn_alloc_casefold(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+
+int ldb_dn_compare_base(struct ldb_dn *base, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+int ldb_dn_compare(struct ldb_dn *edn0, struct ldb_dn *edn1);
+
+bool ldb_dn_add_base(struct ldb_dn *dn, struct ldb_dn *base);
+bool ldb_dn_add_base_fmt(struct ldb_dn *dn, const char *base_fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,3);
+bool ldb_dn_add_child(struct ldb_dn *dn, struct ldb_dn *child);
+bool ldb_dn_add_child_fmt(struct ldb_dn *dn, const char *child_fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,3);
+bool ldb_dn_remove_base_components(struct ldb_dn *dn, unsigned int num);
+bool ldb_dn_remove_child_components(struct ldb_dn *dn, unsigned int num);
+
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_dn_copy(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_dn_get_parent(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+char *ldb_dn_canonical_string(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+char *ldb_dn_canonical_ex_string(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, struct ldb_dn *dn);
+int ldb_dn_get_comp_num(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+const char *ldb_dn_get_component_name(struct ldb_dn *dn, unsigned int num);
+const struct ldb_val *ldb_dn_get_component_val(struct ldb_dn *dn, unsigned int num);
+const char *ldb_dn_get_rdn_name(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+const struct ldb_val *ldb_dn_get_rdn_val(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+int ldb_dn_set_component(struct ldb_dn *dn, int num, const char *name, const struct ldb_val val);
+
+bool ldb_dn_is_valid(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+bool ldb_dn_is_special(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+bool ldb_dn_check_special(struct ldb_dn *dn, const char *check);
+bool ldb_dn_is_null(struct ldb_dn *dn);
+
+
+/**
+   Compare two attributes
+
+   This function compares to attribute names. Note that this is a
+   case-insensitive comparison.
+
+   \param a the first attribute name to compare
+   \param b the second attribute name to compare
+
+   \return 0 if the attribute names are the same, or only differ in
+   case; non-zero if there are any differences
+
+  attribute names are restricted by rfc2251 so using
+  strcasecmp and toupper here is ok.
+  return 0 for match
+*/
+#define ldb_attr_cmp(a, b) strcasecmp(a, b)
+char *ldb_attr_casefold(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *s);
+int ldb_attr_dn(const char *attr);
+
+/**
+   Create an empty message
+
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to create in. You can pass NULL
+   to get the top level context, however the ldb context (from
+   ldb_init()) may be a better choice
+*/
+struct ldb_message *ldb_msg_new(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx);
+
+/**
+   Find an element within an message
+*/
+struct ldb_message_element *ldb_msg_find_element(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+						 const char *attr_name);
+
+/**
+   Compare two ldb_val values
+
+   \param v1 first ldb_val structure to be tested
+   \param v2 second ldb_val structure to be tested
+
+   \return 1 for a match, 0 if there is any difference
+*/
+int ldb_val_equal_exact(const struct ldb_val *v1, const struct ldb_val *v2);
+
+/**
+   find a value within an ldb_message_element
+
+   \param el the element to search
+   \param val the value to search for
+
+   \note This search is case sensitive
+*/
+struct ldb_val *ldb_msg_find_val(const struct ldb_message_element *el, 
+				 struct ldb_val *val);
+
+/**
+   add a new empty element to a ldb_message
+*/
+int ldb_msg_add_empty(struct ldb_message *msg,
+		const char *attr_name,
+		int flags,
+		struct ldb_message_element **return_el);
+
+/**
+   add a element to a ldb_message
+*/
+int ldb_msg_add(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+		const struct ldb_message_element *el, 
+		int flags);
+int ldb_msg_add_value(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+		const char *attr_name,
+		const struct ldb_val *val,
+		struct ldb_message_element **return_el);
+int ldb_msg_add_steal_value(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+		      const char *attr_name,
+		      struct ldb_val *val);
+int ldb_msg_add_steal_string(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+			     const char *attr_name, char *str);
+int ldb_msg_add_string(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+		       const char *attr_name, const char *str);
+int ldb_msg_add_fmt(struct ldb_message *msg, 
+		    const char *attr_name, const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3,4);
+
+/**
+   compare two message elements - return 0 on match
+*/
+int ldb_msg_element_compare(struct ldb_message_element *el1, 
+			    struct ldb_message_element *el2);
+
+/**
+   Find elements in a message.
+
+   This function finds elements and converts to a specific type, with
+   a give default value if not found. Assumes that elements are
+   single valued.
+*/
+const struct ldb_val *ldb_msg_find_ldb_val(const struct ldb_message *msg, const char *attr_name);
+int ldb_msg_find_attr_as_int(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+			     const char *attr_name,
+			     int default_value);
+unsigned int ldb_msg_find_attr_as_uint(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+				       const char *attr_name,
+				       unsigned int default_value);
+int64_t ldb_msg_find_attr_as_int64(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+				   const char *attr_name,
+				   int64_t default_value);
+uint64_t ldb_msg_find_attr_as_uint64(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+				     const char *attr_name,
+				     uint64_t default_value);
+double ldb_msg_find_attr_as_double(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+				   const char *attr_name,
+				   double default_value);
+int ldb_msg_find_attr_as_bool(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+			      const char *attr_name,
+			      int default_value);
+const char *ldb_msg_find_attr_as_string(const struct ldb_message *msg, 
+					const char *attr_name,
+					const char *default_value);
+
+struct ldb_dn *ldb_msg_find_attr_as_dn(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+				       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+				       const struct ldb_message *msg,
+				       const char *attr_name);
+
+void ldb_msg_sort_elements(struct ldb_message *msg);
+
+struct ldb_message *ldb_msg_copy_shallow(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, 
+					 const struct ldb_message *msg);
+struct ldb_message *ldb_msg_copy(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, 
+				 const struct ldb_message *msg);
+
+struct ldb_message *ldb_msg_canonicalize(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+					 const struct ldb_message *msg);
+
+
+struct ldb_message *ldb_msg_diff(struct ldb_context *ldb, 
+				 struct ldb_message *msg1,
+				 struct ldb_message *msg2);
+
+int ldb_msg_check_string_attribute(const struct ldb_message *msg,
+				   const char *name,
+				   const char *value);
+
+/**
+   Integrity check an ldb_message
+
+   This function performs basic sanity / integrity checks on an
+   ldb_message.
+
+   \param ldb context in which to perform the checks
+   \param msg the message to check
+
+   \return LDB_SUCCESS if the message is OK, or a non-zero error code
+   (one of LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX, LDB_ERR_ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS or
+   LDB_ERR_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX) if there is a problem with a
+   message.
+*/
+int ldb_msg_sanity_check(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+			 const struct ldb_message *msg);
+
+/**
+   Duplicate an ldb_val structure
+
+   This function copies an ldb value structure. 
+
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context that the duplicated value will be
+   allocated from
+   \param v the ldb_val to be duplicated.
+
+   \return the duplicated ldb_val structure.
+*/
+struct ldb_val ldb_val_dup(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const struct ldb_val *v);
+
+/**
+  this allows the user to set a debug function for error reporting
+*/
+int ldb_set_debug(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+		  void (*debug)(void *context, enum ldb_debug_level level, 
+				const char *fmt, va_list ap) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3,0),
+		  void *context);
+
+/**
+  this allows the user to set custom utf8 function for error reporting
+*/
+void ldb_set_utf8_fns(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+		      void *context,
+		      char *(*casefold)(void *, void *, const char *, size_t n));
+
+/**
+   this sets up debug to print messages on stderr
+*/
+int ldb_set_debug_stderr(struct ldb_context *ldb);
+
+/* control backend specific opaque values */
+int ldb_set_opaque(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *name, void *value);
+void *ldb_get_opaque(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *name);
+
+const char **ldb_attr_list_copy(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char * const *attrs);
+const char **ldb_attr_list_copy_add(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char * const *attrs, const char *new_attr);
+int ldb_attr_in_list(const char * const *attrs, const char *attr);
+
+
+void ldb_parse_tree_attr_replace(struct ldb_parse_tree *tree, 
+				 const char *attr, 
+				 const char *replace);
+
+int ldb_msg_rename_attr(struct ldb_message *msg, const char *attr, const char *replace);
+int ldb_msg_copy_attr(struct ldb_message *msg, const char *attr, const char *replace);
+void ldb_msg_remove_attr(struct ldb_message *msg, const char *attr);
+
+/**
+   Convert a time structure to a string
+
+   This function converts a time_t structure to an LDAP formatted
+   GeneralizedTime string.
+		
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to allocate the return string in
+   \param t the time structure to convert
+
+   \return the formatted string, or NULL if the time structure could
+   not be converted
+*/
+char *ldb_timestring(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, time_t t);
+
+/**
+   Convert a string to a time structure
+
+   This function converts an LDAP formatted GeneralizedTime string
+   to a time_t structure.
+
+   \param s the string to convert
+
+   \return the time structure, or 0 if the string cannot be converted
+*/
+time_t ldb_string_to_time(const char *s);
+
+/**
+   Convert a time structure to a string
+
+   This function converts a time_t structure to an LDAP formatted
+   UTCTime string.
+		
+   \param mem_ctx the memory context to allocate the return string in
+   \param t the time structure to convert
+
+   \return the formatted string, or NULL if the time structure could
+   not be converted
+*/
+char *ldb_timestring_utc(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, time_t t);
+
+/**
+   Convert a string to a time structure
+
+   This function converts an LDAP formatted UTCTime string
+   to a time_t structure.
+
+   \param s the string to convert
+
+   \return the time structure, or 0 if the string cannot be converted
+*/
+time_t ldb_string_utc_to_time(const char *s);
+
+
+void ldb_qsort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size, void *opaque, ldb_qsort_cmp_fn_t cmp);
+
+
+/**
+   Convert an array of string represention of a control into an array of ldb_control structures 
+   
+   \param ldb LDB context
+   \param mem_ctx TALLOC context to return result on, and to allocate error_string on
+   \param control_strings Array of string-formatted controls
+
+   \return array of ldb_control elements
+*/
+struct ldb_control **ldb_parse_control_strings(struct ldb_context *ldb, TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char **control_strings);
+
+#endif