char *uri;
.LP
.ft B
+int ldap_connect(ldp)
+.ft
+LDAP *ldp;
+.LP
+.ft B
int ldap_set_urllist_proc(ld, proc, params)
.ft
LDAP *ld;
essentially because the latter allows to specify a schema in the URI
and it explicitly returns an error code.
.LP
+.B ldap_connect()
+causes a handle created by
+.B ldap_initialize()
+to connect to the server. This is useful in situations where a file
+descriptor is required before a request is performed.
+.LP
.B ldap_init_fd()
allows an LDAP structure to be initialized using an already-opened
connection. The