On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:47:20 +0200 Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr> wrote: 

LT> Attached you can find a small patch to make ldap.el use auth-source if
LT> passwd is not defined in the ldap-host-parameters-list.

Cool!  I made some changes to it, please let me know what you think:

- must pass `auth-source' set to t in the SEARCH-PLIST to activate this
  functionality (I don't know if you agree)

- search for 'port "ldap"' entries in the netrc file (should we default
  to no port?)

- take the password and use it

- take "binddn" or "user" tokens for `binddn'

- take "base" tokens for `base'

so the user can have a netrc line like this

machine X user Y password Z base B port ldap

I tried to document it to explain all this.  If I'm going in the wrong
direction, tell me.  I don't know ldap.el so well.

Ted