+/**
+ * return a ldb_message representing the differences between msg1 and msg2.
+ * If you then use this in a ldb_modify() call it can be used to save edits to a message
+ *
+ * Result message is constructed as follows:
+ * - LDB_FLAG_MOD_ADD - elements found only in msg2
+ * - LDB_FLAG_MOD_REPLACE - elements in msg2 that have different value in msg1
+ * Value for msg2 element is used
+ * - LDB_FLAG_MOD_DELETE - elements found only in msg2
+ *
+ * @return LDB_SUCCESS or LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR
+ */
+int ldb_msg_diff_ex(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+ struct ldb_message *msg1,
+ struct ldb_message *msg2,
+ TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+ struct ldb_message **_msg_out);
+
+/**
+ Tries to find a certain string attribute in a message
+
+ \param msg the message to check
+ \param name attribute name
+ \param value attribute value
+
+ \return 1 on match and 0 otherwise.
+*/