Net::LDAP::SID(3pm)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Net::LDAP::SID — bestie, this is your little helper for Active Directory Security Identifier manipulation. That's the whole vibe. SIDs, decoded, no cap. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so picture this, you've got a SID and you don't know what to do with it:

my $sid = Net::LDAP::SID->new( $binary );
# or
my $sid = Net::LDAP::SID->new( $string );

print $sid->as_string;
print $sid->as_binary;

feed it either form, get either form back out. it's giving flexible. 🦋

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

🌟 new

Constructor, periodt. You can pass it either the binary or the string representation of the SID — whichever one you're holding, it eats it. 🍓

🌟 as_string

Returns the string representation of the SID. slay.

🌟 as_binary

Returns the binary representation of the SID. iconic.

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Peter Karman, <karman at cpan.org> — the actual main character who made this happen. 🫶

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💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? have a feature request that's been living rent free in your head? Please report it to bug-net-ldap-sid at rt.cpan.org, or slide through the web interface at:

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-LDAP-SID

and here's the deal: he will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as he makes changes. bestie that's a whole feedback loop, we love to see it. 🔥

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command, like so:

perldoc Net::LDAP::SID

you can also look for information at all these places, ngl the list is lowkey stacked:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

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

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-LDAP-SID

• CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-LDAP-SID

• Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-LDAP-SID/

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🌈 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright 2016 Peter Karman.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0

Any use, modification, and distribution of the Standard or Modified Versions is governed by this Artistic License. By using, modifying or distributing the Package, you accept this license. Do not use, modify, or distribute the Package, if you do not accept this license. (like, genuinely, it's not a suggestion bestie. 💀)

If your Modified Version has been derived from a Modified Version made by someone other than you, you are nevertheless required to ensure that your Modified Version complies with the requirements of this license.

This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, service mark, tradename, or logo of the Copyright Holder.

This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import and otherwise transfer the Package with respect to any patent claims licensable by the Copyright Holder that are necessarily infringed by the Package. If you institute patent litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Package constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then this Artistic License to you shall terminate on the date that such litigation is filed. (yeah, start a patent fight over it and the license just... exits. gone. ghosted. 👋)

Disclaimer of Warranty: THE PACKAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES. THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW. UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW, NO COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE PACKAGE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

(translation, bestie: it's coming to you as-is, and nobody's catching a lawsuit on your behalf. 🙈)

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and that's the whole page, pookie 💖 this was Net::LDAP::SID for perl v5.36.0, dated 2023-01-22 — go forth and decode those SIDs, you absolute legend. 👑✨