The following functions are used to add entries to the LDAP directory. There are four variations. int ldap_add_ext( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod **attrs, LDAPControl **serverctrls, LDAPControl **clientctrls, int *msgidp ); int ldap_add_ext_s( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod **attrs, LDAPControl **serverctrls, LDAPControl **clientctrls ); int ldap_add( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod **attrs ); int ldap_add_s( LDAP *ld, const char *dn, LDAPMod **attrs ); Parameters are as follows: ld The session handle. dn The name of the entry to add. attrs The entry's attributes, specified using the LDAPMod structure defined for ldap_modify(). The mod_type and mod_vals fields should be filled in. The mod_op field is ignored unless ORed with the constant LDAP_MOD_BVALUES, used to select the mod_ bvalues case of the mod_vals union. serverctrls List of LDAP server controls. clientctrls List of client controls. msgidp This result parameter will be set to the message id of the request if the ldap_add_ext() call succeeds. Note that the parent of the entry being added must already exist or the parent must be empty (that is, equal to the root DN) for an add to succeed. The ldap_add_ext() function initiates an asynchronous add operation and returns either the constant LDAP_SUCCESS if the request was successfully sent or another LDAP error code if not. See Errors for more information about possible errors and how to interpret them. If successful, ldap_add_ext() places the message id of the request in *msgidp. A subsequent call to ldap_result() can be used to obtain the result of the add. Similar to ldap_add_ext(), the ldap_add() function initiates an asynchronous add operation and returns the message id of the operation initiated. As for ldap_add_ext(), a subsequent call to ldap_result() can be used to obtain the result of the add. In case of error, ldap_add() will return -1, setting the session error parameters in the LDAP structure appropriately. The synchronous ldap_add_ext_s() and ldap_add_s() functions both return the result of the operation, either the constant LDAP_SUCCESS if the operation was successful, or another LDAP error code if it was not. See Errors for more information about possible errors and how to interpret them. The ldap_add_ext() and ldap_add_ext_s() functions support LDAPv3 server controls and client controls.