Allow simple client bind with empty credentials

Fix #254

Author: msimerson

CHANGES.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   - Add options for format preservation
   - Removed `spaced()` and `rndSpaced` from DN API
   - Fix parent/child rules regarding empty DNs
+- #254 Allow simple client bind with empty credentials
 
 ## 0.7.1
 

lib/client/client.js

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Client.prototype.bind = function bind(name,
                                       _bypass) {
   if (typeof (name) !== 'string' && !(name instanceof dn.DN))
     throw new TypeError('name (string) required');
-  assert.string(credentials, 'credentials');
+  assert.optionalString(credentials, 'credentials');
   if (typeof (controls) === 'function') {
     callback = controls;
     controls = [];

package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "Yunong Xiao <[email protected]>",
     "Denis Vuyka <[email protected]>",
     "Pedro Palazón <[email protected]>",
-    "Patrick Mooney <[email protected]>"
+    "Patrick Mooney <[email protected]>",
+    "Matt Simerson <[email protected]>"
   ],
   "name": "ldapjs",
   "homepage": "http://ldapjs.org",

test/client.test.js

@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ test('simple bind success', function (t) {
   });
 });
 
+test('simple anonymous bind (empty credentials)', function (t) {
+  client.bind('', '', function (err, res) {
+    t.ifError(err);
+    t.ok(res);
+    t.equal(res.status, 0);
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
 
 test('auto-bind bad credentials', function (t) {
   var clt = ldap.createClient({