slapi_dn_beparent()

Gets a copy of the Distinguished Name (DN) of the back-end parent (Suffix DN).

If you do not want to check if the entry’s DN is the suffix of the local database, call the slapi_dn_parent() function instead.

Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
char *slapi_dn_beparent( Slapi_PBlock *pb, char *dn );

Parameters

This function takes the following parameters:

pb

Parameter block.

dn

DN of the entry for which you want to find the parent.

Returns

This function returns the DN of the parent entry; or NULL if the specified DN is NULL, if the DN is an empty string, if the DN has no parent (for example, o=example.com), or if the specified DN is the suffix of the local database.

See Also

slapi_dn_parent()