Python ldap AttributeError

Question

Hi guys,

I have an python error AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'initialize' I am running Python 2.6.2 on Solaris 10 UNIX and recently installed the pythonldap 2.3.9. The script is very basic, only has these 2 lines. Can anyone tell me why?? Traceback error below.

#!/usr/local/bin/python

import ldap, sys

con = ldap.initialize('ldap://localhost')

Traceback (most recent call last): File "./myldap.py", line 5, in con = ldap.initialize('ldap://localhost') AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'initialize'

Regards, Jenny

Answer 1

Did you name a file in the current directory ldap.py that is shadowing the one that you want?

Answer 2

An easy way to tell if the ldap you're importing is the right one is to print ldap.__file__, which prints the full path to the module file (usually a '.pyc'). If it's not the one installed in the location you are expecting, this is your problem, as Mike Graham suggested.

Answer 3

You can get that error if you're somehow picking up the "ldap.py" from sos/plugins/ instead of the ldap package itself. Make sure the "python-ldap" package is actually installed...