A demonstration of the DN and base issue detailed in activeldap/activeldap#185

dn_issue_demo.rb

##
# A demonstration of the DN and base issue detailed in 
# https://github.com/activeldap/activeldap/issues/185

# Due to how requires are handled, we need to do some directory 
# trickery to require our local copy of the source code.
base_dir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
top_dir = File.expand_path(File.join(base_dir, ".."))
lib_dir = File.join(top_dir, "lib")
$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join __dir__, 'lib')

require 'active_ldap'

class LdapGroup < ActiveLdap::Base
  setup_connection host: 'localhost',
                   port: 1389,
                   base: 'dc=example,dc=org',
                   method: :plain,
                   bind_dn: 'cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org',
                   password: 'admin'

  ldap_mapping dn_attribute: 'cn',
               prefix: 'ou=groups',
               classes: %w[groupOfNames],
               scope: :sub
end

group1 = LdapGroup.new(
  dn: 'cn=new_group1,ou=sub_ou,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org',
  cn: 'new_group1'
)

puts "\n\n-- Group 1 --",
     "Base: #{group1.base}",
     "\nLDIF", group1.to_ldif,
     "\nBase: #{group1.base}"

group2 = LdapGroup.new(
  cn: 'new_group2',
  dn: 'cn=new_group2,ou=sub_ou,ou=groups,dc=example,dc=org'
)

puts "\n\n-- Group 2 --",
     "Base: #{group2.base}",
     "\nLDIF",
     group2.to_ldif,
     "\nBase: #{group2.base}"