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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// File contains a modify example
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tmfkams/ldap"
+	"log"
+)
+
+var (
+	LdapServer string = "localhost"
+	LdapPort   uint16 = 389
+	BaseDN     string = "dc=enterprise,dc=org"
+	BindDN     string = "cn=admin,dc=enterprise,dc=org"
+	BindPW     string = "enterprise"
+	Filter     string = "(cn=kirkj)"
+)
+
+func search(l *ldap.Conn, filter string, attributes []string) (*ldap.Entry, *ldap.Error) {
+	search := ldap.NewSearchRequest(
+		BaseDN,
+		ldap.ScopeWholeSubtree, ldap.NeverDerefAliases, 0, 0, false,
+		filter,
+		attributes,
+		nil)
+
+	sr, err := l.Search(search)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ERROR: %s\n", err.String())
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Search: %s -> num of entries = %d\n", search.Filter, len(sr.Entries))
+	if len(sr.Entries) == 0 {
+		return nil, ldap.NewError(ldap.ErrorDebugging, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("no entries found for: %s", filter)))
+	}
+	return sr.Entries[0], nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	l, err := ldap.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", LdapServer, LdapPort))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ERROR: %s\n", err.String())
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+	// l.Debug = true
+
+	l.Bind(BindDN, BindPW)
+
+	log.Printf("The Search for Kirk ... %s\n", Filter)
+	entry, err := search(l, Filter, []string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not get entry")
+	}
+	entry.PrettyPrint(0)
+
+	log.Printf("modify the mail address and add a description ... \n")
+	modify := ldap.NewModifyRequest(entry.DN)
+	modify.Add("description", []string{"Captain of the USS Enterprise"})
+	modify.Replace("mail", []string{"captain@enterprise.org"})
+	if err := l.Modify(modify); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ERROR: %s\n", err.String())
+	}
+
+	entry, err = search(l, Filter, []string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not get entry")
+	}
+	entry.PrettyPrint(0)
+
+	log.Printf("reset the entry ... \n")
+	modify = ldap.NewModifyRequest(entry.DN)
+	modify.Delete("description", []string{})
+	modify.Replace("mail", []string{"james.kirk@enterprise.org"})
+	if err := l.Modify(modify); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("ERROR: %s\n", err.String())
+	}
+
+	entry, err = search(l, Filter, []string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("could not get entry")
+	}
+	entry.PrettyPrint(0)
+}