s4-pyldb: Use ldb_msg_diff_ex() in py_ldb_msg_diff()
[kamenim/samba.git] / source4 / lib / ldb / pyldb.c
index 8e7ba4df90765e2d485e82a0167f2511f249107f..925ea5232aaf833be2475266ac2eabe851d73e5e 100644 (file)
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
    Copyright (C) 2005,2006 Tim Potter <tpot@samba.org>
    Copyright (C) 2006 Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org>
-   Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>
+   Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer
 
         ** NOTE! The following LGPL license applies to the ldb
         ** library. This does NOT imply that all of Samba is released
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@
    License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
+#include <Python.h>
 #include "replace.h"
 #include "ldb_private.h"
-#include <Python.h>
 #include "pyldb.h"
 
 /* There's no Py_ssize_t in 2.4, apparently */
@@ -41,6 +42,16 @@ typedef intargfunc ssizeargfunc;
 #define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
 #endif
 
+static void PyErr_SetLdbError(PyObject *error, int ret, struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx)
+{
+       if (ret == LDB_ERR_PYTHON_EXCEPTION)
+               return; /* Python exception should already be set, just keep that */
+
+       PyErr_SetObject(error, 
+                                       Py_BuildValue(discard_const_p(char, "(i,s)"), ret, 
+                                 ldb_ctx == NULL?ldb_strerror(ret):ldb_errstring(ldb_ctx)));
+}
+
 static PyObject *PyExc_LdbError;
 
 PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyLdbMessage;
@@ -50,6 +61,8 @@ PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyLdb;
 PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyLdbMessageElement;
 PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyLdbTree;
 
+static PyObject *PyLdb_FromLdbContext(struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx);
+
 static PyObject *PyObject_FromLdbValue(struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx, 
                                                           struct ldb_message_element *el, 
                                                           struct ldb_val *val)
@@ -67,34 +80,6 @@ static PyObject *PyObject_FromLdbValue(struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx,
        return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * Obtain a ldb DN from a Python object.
- *
- * @param mem_ctx Memory context
- * @param object Python object
- * @param ldb_ctx LDB context
- * @return Whether or not the conversion succeeded
- */
-bool PyObject_AsDn(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, PyObject *object, 
-                  struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx, struct ldb_dn **dn)
-{
-       struct ldb_dn *odn;
-
-       if (ldb_ctx != NULL && PyString_Check(object)) {
-               odn = ldb_dn_new(mem_ctx, ldb_ctx, PyString_AsString(object));
-               *dn = odn;
-               return true;
-       }
-
-       if (PyLdbDn_Check(object)) {
-               *dn = PyLdbDn_AsDn(object);
-               return true;
-       }
-
-       PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected DN");
-       return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * Create a Python object from a ldb_result.
  *
@@ -200,21 +185,35 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_check_special(PyLdbDnObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
 static int py_ldb_dn_compare(PyLdbDnObject *dn1, PyLdbDnObject *dn2)
 {
-       return ldb_dn_compare(dn1->dn, dn2->dn);
+       int ret;
+       ret = ldb_dn_compare(dn1->dn, dn2->dn);
+       if (ret < 0) ret = -1;
+       if (ret > 0) ret = 1;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_get_parent(PyLdbDnObject *self)
 {
        struct ldb_dn *dn = PyLdbDn_AsDn((PyObject *)self);
        struct ldb_dn *parent;
+       PyLdbDnObject *py_ret;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
 
-       parent = ldb_dn_get_parent(NULL, dn);
-
+       parent = ldb_dn_get_parent(mem_ctx, dn);
        if (parent == NULL) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                Py_RETURN_NONE;
-       } else {
-               return PyLdbDn_FromDn(parent);
        }
+
+       py_ret = (PyLdbDnObject *)PyLdbDn.tp_alloc(&PyLdbDn, 0);
+       if (py_ret == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       py_ret->mem_ctx = mem_ctx;
+       py_ret->dn = parent;
+       return (PyObject *)py_ret;
 }
 
 #define dn_ldb_ctx(dn) ((struct ldb_context *)dn)
@@ -295,11 +294,20 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_concat(PyLdbDnObject *self, PyObject *py_other)
 {
        struct ldb_dn *dn = PyLdbDn_AsDn((PyObject *)self), 
                                  *other;
-       struct ldb_dn *ret = ldb_dn_copy(NULL, dn);
+       PyLdbDnObject *py_ret;
+       
        if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, py_other, NULL, &other))
                return NULL;
-       ldb_dn_add_child(ret, other);
-       return PyLdbDn_FromDn(ret);
+
+       py_ret = (PyLdbDnObject *)PyLdbDn.tp_alloc(&PyLdbDn, 0);
+       if (py_ret == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       py_ret->mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       py_ret->dn = ldb_dn_copy(py_ret->mem_ctx, dn);
+       ldb_dn_add_child(py_ret->dn, other);
+       return (PyObject *)py_ret;
 }
 
 static PySequenceMethods py_ldb_dn_seq = {
@@ -313,6 +321,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
        char *str;
        PyObject *py_ldb;
        struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
        PyLdbDnObject *py_ret;
        const char * const kwnames[] = { "ldb", "dn", NULL };
 
@@ -323,21 +332,27 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
 
        ldb_ctx = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(py_ldb);
 
-       ret = ldb_dn_new(ldb_ctx, ldb_ctx, str);
-       /* ldb_dn_new() doesn't accept NULL as memory context, so 
-          we do it this way... */
-       talloc_steal(NULL, ret);
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ret = ldb_dn_new(mem_ctx, ldb_ctx, str);
 
        if (ret == NULL || !ldb_dn_validate(ret)) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "unable to parse dn string");
                return NULL;
        }
 
        py_ret = (PyLdbDnObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
        if (ret == NULL) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                PyErr_NoMemory();
                return NULL;
        }
+       py_ret->mem_ctx = mem_ctx;
        py_ret->dn = ret;
        return (PyObject *)py_ret;
 }
@@ -345,6 +360,11 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_dn_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
 PyObject *PyLdbDn_FromDn(struct ldb_dn *dn)
 {
        PyLdbDnObject *py_ret;
+
+       if (dn == NULL) {
+               Py_RETURN_NONE;
+       }
+
        py_ret = (PyLdbDnObject *)PyLdbDn.tp_alloc(&PyLdbDn, 0);
        if (py_ret == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -362,7 +382,7 @@ static void py_ldb_dn_dealloc(PyLdbDnObject *self)
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyLdbDn = {
-       .tp_name = "Dn",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.Dn",
        .tp_methods = py_ldb_dn_methods,
        .tp_str = (reprfunc)py_ldb_dn_get_linearized,
        .tp_repr = (reprfunc)py_ldb_dn_repr,
@@ -431,6 +451,12 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_transaction_commit(PyLdbObject *self)
        Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static PyObject *py_ldb_transaction_prepare_commit(PyLdbObject *self)
+{
+       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ldb_transaction_prepare_commit(PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self)), PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self));
+       Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyObject *py_ldb_transaction_cancel(PyLdbObject *self)
 {
        PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ldb_transaction_cancel(PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self)), PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self));
@@ -497,7 +523,8 @@ static const char **PyList_AsStringList(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, PyObject *list,
                        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%s should be strings", paramname);
                        return NULL;
                }
-               ret[i] = PyString_AsString(item);
+               ret[i] = talloc_strndup(ret, PyString_AsString(item),
+                                                          PyString_Size(item));
        }
        ret[i] = NULL;
        return ret;
@@ -544,17 +571,19 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs
 {
        PyLdbObject *ret;
        struct ldb_context *ldb;
-       ldb = ldb_init(NULL, NULL);
-       if (ldb == NULL) {
+       ret = (PyLdbObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+       if (ret == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
                return NULL;
        }
+       ret->mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       ldb = ldb_init(ret->mem_ctx, NULL);
 
-       ret = (PyLdbObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
-       if (ret == NULL) {
+       if (ldb == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
                return NULL;
        }
+
        ret->ldb_ctx = ldb;
        return (PyObject *)ret;
 }
@@ -568,7 +597,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_connect(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
        const char **options;
        const char * const kwnames[] = { "url", "flags", "options", NULL };
 
-       if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|iO",
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|ziO",
                                         discard_const_p(char *, kwnames),
                                         &url, &flags, &py_options))
                return NULL;
@@ -592,21 +621,85 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_connect(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwa
 static PyObject *py_ldb_modify(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
        PyObject *py_msg;
+       PyObject *py_controls = Py_None;
+       struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx;
+       struct ldb_request *req;
+       struct ldb_control **parsed_controls;
+       struct ldb_message *msg;
        int ret;
-       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_msg))
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O", &py_msg, &py_controls))
                return NULL;
 
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       ldb_ctx = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
+
+       if (py_controls == Py_None) {
+               parsed_controls = NULL;
+       } else {
+               const char **controls = PyList_AsStringList(mem_ctx, py_controls, "controls");
+               parsed_controls = ldb_parse_control_strings(ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, controls);
+               talloc_free(controls);
+       }
+
        if (!PyLdbMessage_Check(py_msg)) {
                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected Ldb Message");
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
+       msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg);
 
-       ret = ldb_modify(PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self), PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg));
-       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self));
+       ret = ldb_msg_sanity_check(ldb_ctx, msg);
+       if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ret = ldb_build_mod_req(&req, ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, msg, parsed_controls,
+                               NULL, ldb_op_default_callback, NULL);
+        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "failed to build request");
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+        /* do request and autostart a transaction */
+       /* Then let's LDB handle the message error in case of pb as they are meaningful */
+
+       ret = ldb_transaction_start(ldb_ctx);
+       if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
+        }
+
+        ret = ldb_request(ldb_ctx, req);
+        if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+                ret = ldb_wait(req->handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+        }
+
+       if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+                ret = ldb_transaction_commit(ldb_ctx);
+        } else {
+               ldb_transaction_cancel(ldb_ctx);
+               if (ldb_ctx->err_string == NULL) {
+                       /* no error string was setup by the backend */
+                       ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb_ctx, "%s (%d)", ldb_strerror(ret), ret);
+               }
+       }
+
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
 
        Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+
 static PyObject *py_ldb_add(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
        PyObject *py_msg;
@@ -614,23 +707,44 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_add(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
        Py_ssize_t dict_pos, msg_pos;
        struct ldb_message_element *msgel;
        struct ldb_message *msg;
+       struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx;
+       struct ldb_request *req;
        PyObject *key, *value;
+       PyObject *py_controls = Py_None;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+       struct ldb_control **parsed_controls;
 
-       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_msg))
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O", &py_msg, &py_controls ))
                return NULL;
 
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       ldb_ctx = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
+
+       if (py_controls == Py_None) {
+               parsed_controls = NULL;
+       } else {
+               const char **controls = PyList_AsStringList(mem_ctx, py_controls, "controls");
+               parsed_controls = ldb_parse_control_strings(ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, controls);
+               talloc_free(controls);
+       }
        if (PyDict_Check(py_msg)) {
                PyObject *dn_value = PyDict_GetItemString(py_msg, "dn");
-               msg = ldb_msg_new(NULL);
+               msg = ldb_msg_new(mem_ctx);
                msg->elements = talloc_zero_array(msg, struct ldb_message_element, PyDict_Size(py_msg));
                msg_pos = dict_pos = 0;
                if (dn_value) {
-                       if (!PyObject_AsDn(msg, dn_value, PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self), &msg->dn)) {
+                       if (!PyObject_AsDn(msg, dn_value, ldb_ctx, &msg->dn)) {
                                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "unable to import dn object");
+                               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                                return NULL;
                        }
                        if (msg->dn == NULL) {
                                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "dn set but not found");
+                               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                                return NULL;
                        }
                }
@@ -641,6 +755,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_add(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
                                msgel = PyObject_AsMessageElement(msg->elements, value, 0, key_str);
                                if (msgel == NULL) {
                                        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "unable to import element");
+                                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                                        return NULL;
                                }
                                memcpy(&msg->elements[msg_pos], msgel, sizeof(*msgel));
@@ -650,6 +765,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_add(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
                if (msg->dn == NULL) {
                        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "no dn set");
+                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                        return NULL;
                }
 
@@ -657,9 +773,48 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_add(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
        } else {
                msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg);
        }
+        
+       ret = ldb_msg_sanity_check(ldb_ctx, msg);
+        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+        }
 
-       ret = ldb_add(PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self), msg);
-       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self));
+        ret = ldb_build_add_req(&req, ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, msg, parsed_controls,
+                               NULL, ldb_op_default_callback, NULL);
+        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "failed to build request");
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+        /* do request and autostart a transaction */
+       /* Then let's LDB handle the message error in case of pb as they are meaningful */
+
+        ret = ldb_transaction_start(ldb_ctx);
+        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
+        }
+
+        ret = ldb_request(ldb_ctx, req);
+        if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+                ret = ldb_wait(req->handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+        } 
+
+       if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+                ret = ldb_transaction_commit(ldb_ctx);
+        } else {
+               ldb_transaction_cancel(ldb_ctx);
+               if (ldb_ctx->err_string == NULL) {
+                       /* no error string was setup by the backend */
+                       ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb_ctx, "%s (%d)", ldb_strerror(ret), ret);
+               }
+       }
+
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
 
        Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
@@ -669,17 +824,69 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_delete(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
        PyObject *py_dn;
        struct ldb_dn *dn;
        int ret;
-       struct ldb_context *ldb;
-       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_dn))
+       struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx;
+       struct ldb_request *req;
+       PyObject *py_controls = Py_None;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+       struct ldb_control **parsed_controls;
+
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O", &py_dn, &py_controls))
                return NULL;
 
-       ldb = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       ldb_ctx = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
 
-       if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, py_dn, ldb, &dn))
+       if (py_controls == Py_None) {
+               parsed_controls = NULL;
+       } else {
+               const char **controls = PyList_AsStringList(mem_ctx, py_controls, "controls");
+               parsed_controls = ldb_parse_control_strings(ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, controls);
+               talloc_free(controls);
+       }
+
+       if (!PyObject_AsDn(mem_ctx, py_dn, ldb_ctx, &dn)) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
+       }
 
-       ret = ldb_delete(ldb, dn);
-       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb);
+       ret = ldb_build_del_req(&req, ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, dn, parsed_controls,
+                               NULL, ldb_op_default_callback, NULL);
+       if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "failed to build request");
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       /* do request and autostart a transaction */
+       /* Then let's LDB handle the message error in case of pb as they are meaningful */
+
+       ret = ldb_transaction_start(ldb_ctx);
+       if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+               PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
+       }
+
+       ret = ldb_request(ldb_ctx, req);
+       if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               ret = ldb_wait(req->handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+       }
+
+       if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               ret = ldb_transaction_commit(ldb_ctx);
+       } else {
+               ldb_transaction_cancel(ldb_ctx);
+               if (ldb_ctx->err_string == NULL) {
+                       /* no error string was setup by the backend */
+                       ldb_asprintf_errstring(ldb_ctx, "%s (%d)", ldb_strerror(ret), ret);
+               }
+       }
+
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+       PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
 
        Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
@@ -690,17 +897,31 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_rename(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
        struct ldb_dn *dn1, *dn2;
        int ret;
        struct ldb_context *ldb;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+
        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &py_dn1, &py_dn2))
                return NULL;
 
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
        ldb = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
-       if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, py_dn1, ldb, &dn1))
+
+       if (!PyObject_AsDn(mem_ctx, py_dn1, ldb, &dn1)) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
+       }
 
-       if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, py_dn2, ldb, &dn2))
+       if (!PyObject_AsDn(mem_ctx, py_dn2, ldb, &dn2)) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
+       }
 
        ret = ldb_rename(ldb, dn1, dn2);
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
        PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb);
 
        Py_RETURN_NONE;
@@ -738,7 +959,6 @@ static PyObject *ldb_ldif_to_pyobject(struct ldb_ldif *ldif)
                Py_RETURN_NONE;
        } else {
        /* We don't want this attached to the 'ldb' any more */
-               talloc_steal(NULL, ldif);
                return Py_BuildValue(discard_const_p(char, "(iO)"),
                                     ldif->changetype,
                                     PyLdbMessage_FromMessage(ldif->msg));
@@ -746,22 +966,112 @@ static PyObject *ldb_ldif_to_pyobject(struct ldb_ldif *ldif)
 }
 
 
+static PyObject *py_ldb_write_ldif(PyLdbMessageObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+       int changetype;
+       PyObject *py_msg;
+       struct ldb_ldif ldif;
+       PyObject *ret;
+       char *string;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Oi", &py_msg, &changetype))
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (!PyLdbMessage_Check(py_msg)) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected Ldb Message for msg");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ldif.msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg);
+       ldif.changetype = changetype;
+
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+
+       string = ldb_ldif_write_string(PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self), mem_ctx, &ldif);
+       if (!string) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, "Failed to generate LDIF");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ret = PyString_FromString(string);
+
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static PyObject *py_ldb_parse_ldif(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
        PyObject *list;
        struct ldb_ldif *ldif;
        const char *s;
 
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
+
        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &s))
                return NULL;
 
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (!mem_ctx) {
+               Py_RETURN_NONE;
+       }
+
        list = PyList_New(0);
-       while ((ldif = ldb_ldif_read_string(self->ldb_ctx, &s)) != NULL) {
-               PyList_Append(list, ldb_ldif_to_pyobject(ldif));
+       while (s && *s != '\0') {
+               ldif = ldb_ldif_read_string(self->ldb_ctx, &s);
+               talloc_steal(mem_ctx, ldif);
+               if (ldif) {
+                       PyList_Append(list, ldb_ldif_to_pyobject(ldif));
+               } else {
+                       PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "unable to parse ldif string");
+                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+                       return NULL;
+               }
        }
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx); /* The pyobject already has a reference to the things it needs */
        return PyObject_GetIter(list);
 }
 
+static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_diff(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+       int ldb_ret;
+       PyObject *py_msg_old;
+       PyObject *py_msg_new;
+       struct ldb_message *diff;
+       struct ldb_context *ldb;
+       PyObject *py_ret;
+
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &py_msg_old, &py_msg_new))
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (!PyLdbMessage_Check(py_msg_old)) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected Ldb Message for old message");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       if (!PyLdbMessage_Check(py_msg_new)) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected Ldb Message for new message");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ldb = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
+       ldb_ret = ldb_msg_diff_ex(ldb,
+                                 PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg_old),
+                                 PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg_new),
+                                 (TALLOC_CTX*)ldb, &diff);
+       if (ldb_ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+               PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Failed to generate the Ldb Message diff");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       py_ret = PyLdbMessage_FromMessage(diff);
+
+       talloc_unlink(ldb, diff);
+
+       return py_ret;
+}
+
 static PyObject *py_ldb_schema_format_value(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
        const struct ldb_schema_attribute *a;
@@ -801,7 +1111,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_schema_format_value(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *py_ldb_search(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
        PyObject *py_base = Py_None;
-       enum ldb_scope scope = LDB_SCOPE_DEFAULT;
+       int scope = LDB_SCOPE_DEFAULT;
        char *expr = NULL;
        PyObject *py_attrs = Py_None;
        PyObject *py_controls = Py_None;
@@ -814,20 +1124,30 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_search(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
        struct ldb_control **parsed_controls;
        struct ldb_dn *base;
        PyObject *py_ret;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
 
+       /* type "int" rather than "enum" for "scope" is intentional */
        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|OizOO",
                                         discard_const_p(char *, kwnames),
                                         &py_base, &scope, &expr, &py_attrs, &py_controls))
                return NULL;
 
+
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
        ldb_ctx = PyLdb_AsLdbContext(self);
 
        if (py_attrs == Py_None) {
                attrs = NULL;
        } else {
-               attrs = PyList_AsStringList(NULL, py_attrs, "attrs");
-               if (attrs == NULL)
+               attrs = PyList_AsStringList(mem_ctx, py_attrs, "attrs");
+               if (attrs == NULL) {
+                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                        return NULL;
+               }
        }
 
        if (py_base == Py_None) {
@@ -842,19 +1162,19 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_search(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
        if (py_controls == Py_None) {
                parsed_controls = NULL;
        } else {
-               const char **controls = PyList_AsStringList(ldb_ctx, py_controls, "controls");
-               parsed_controls = ldb_parse_control_strings(ldb_ctx, ldb_ctx, controls);
+               const char **controls = PyList_AsStringList(mem_ctx, py_controls, "controls");
+               parsed_controls = ldb_parse_control_strings(ldb_ctx, mem_ctx, controls);
                talloc_free(controls);
        }
 
-       res = talloc_zero(ldb_ctx, struct ldb_result);
+       res = talloc_zero(mem_ctx, struct ldb_result);
        if (res == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
-               talloc_free(attrs);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       ret = ldb_build_search_req(&req, ldb_ctx, ldb_ctx,
+       ret = ldb_build_search_req(&req, ldb_ctx, mem_ctx,
                                   base,
                                   scope,
                                   expr,
@@ -867,7 +1187,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_search(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
        talloc_steal(req, attrs);
 
        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-               talloc_free(res);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
@@ -878,17 +1198,15 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_search(PyLdbObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
                ret = ldb_wait(req->handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
        }
 
-       talloc_free(req);
-
        if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-               talloc_free(res);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                PyErr_LDB_ERROR_IS_ERR_RAISE(PyExc_LdbError, ret, ldb_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
 
        py_ret = PyLdbResult_FromResult(res);
 
-       talloc_free(res);
+       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
 
        return py_ret;
 }
@@ -953,6 +1271,9 @@ static PyMethodDef py_ldb_methods[] = {
        { "transaction_start", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_transaction_start, METH_NOARGS, 
                "S.transaction_start() -> None\n"
                "Start a new transaction." },
+       { "transaction_prepare_commit", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_transaction_prepare_commit, METH_NOARGS,
+               "S.transaction_prepare_commit() -> None\n"
+               "prepare to commit a new transaction (2-stage commit)." },
        { "transaction_commit", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_transaction_commit, METH_NOARGS, 
                "S.transaction_commit() -> None\n"
                "commit a new transaction." },
@@ -1004,6 +1325,12 @@ static PyMethodDef py_ldb_methods[] = {
        { "parse_ldif", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_parse_ldif, METH_VARARGS,
                "S.parse_ldif(ldif) -> iter(messages)\n"
                "Parse a string formatted using LDIF." },
+       { "write_ldif", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_write_ldif, METH_VARARGS,
+               "S.write_ldif(message, changetype) -> ldif\n"
+               "Print the message as a string formatted using LDIF." },
+       { "msg_diff", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_msg_diff, METH_VARARGS,
+               "S.msg_diff(Message) -> Message\n"
+               "Return an LDB Message of the difference between two Message objects." },
        { "get_opaque", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_get_opaque, METH_VARARGS,
                "S.get_opaque(name) -> value\n"
                "Get an opaque value set on this LDB connection. \n"
@@ -1071,7 +1398,7 @@ static PySequenceMethods py_ldb_seq = {
        .sq_contains = (objobjproc)py_ldb_contains,
 };
 
-PyObject *PyLdb_FromLdbContext(struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx)
+static PyObject *PyLdb_FromLdbContext(struct ldb_context *ldb_ctx)
 {
        PyLdbObject *ret;
 
@@ -1092,7 +1419,7 @@ static void py_ldb_dealloc(PyLdbObject *self)
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyLdb = {
-       .tp_name = "Ldb",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.Ldb",
        .tp_methods = py_ldb_methods,
        .tp_repr = (reprfunc)py_ldb_repr,
        .tp_new = py_ldb_new,
@@ -1143,6 +1470,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_module_search(PyLdbModuleObject *self, PyObject *args, P
        struct ldb_module *mod;
        const char * const*attrs;
 
+       /* type "int" rather than "enum" for "scope" is intentional */
        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "OiOO",
                                         discard_const_p(char *, kwnames),
                                         &py_base, &scope, &py_tree, &py_attrs))
@@ -1285,7 +1613,7 @@ static void py_ldb_module_dealloc(PyLdbModuleObject *self)
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyLdbModule = {
-       .tp_name = "LdbModule",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.LdbModule",
        .tp_methods = py_ldb_module_methods,
        .tp_repr = (reprfunc)py_ldb_module_repr,
        .tp_str = (reprfunc)py_ldb_module_str,
@@ -1316,17 +1644,19 @@ struct ldb_message_element *PyObject_AsMessageElement(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
        struct ldb_message_element *me;
 
        if (PyLdbMessageElement_Check(set_obj))
-               return PyLdbMessageElement_AsMessageElement(set_obj);
+               return talloc_reference(mem_ctx, 
+                                                               PyLdbMessageElement_AsMessageElement(set_obj));
 
        me = talloc(mem_ctx, struct ldb_message_element);
 
-       me->name = attr_name;
+       me->name = talloc_strdup(me, attr_name);
        me->flags = flags;
        if (PyString_Check(set_obj)) {
                me->num_values = 1;
                me->values = talloc_array(me, struct ldb_val, me->num_values);
                me->values[0].length = PyString_Size(set_obj);
-               me->values[0].data = (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(set_obj);
+               me->values[0].data = talloc_memdup(me, 
+                       (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(set_obj), me->values[0].length+1);
        } else if (PySequence_Check(set_obj)) {
                int i;
                me->num_values = PySequence_Size(set_obj);
@@ -1335,7 +1665,8 @@ struct ldb_message_element *PyObject_AsMessageElement(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
                        PyObject *obj = PySequence_GetItem(set_obj, i);
 
                        me->values[i].length = PyString_Size(obj);
-                       me->values[i].data = (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(obj);
+                       me->values[i].data = talloc_memdup(me, 
+                               (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(obj), me->values[i].length+1);
                }
        } else {
                talloc_free(me);
@@ -1375,8 +1706,30 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_get(PyLdbMessageElementObject *self, PyObjec
                                                                 &(PyLdbMessageElement_AsMessageElement(self)->values[i]));
 }
 
+static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_flags(PyLdbMessageElementObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+       struct ldb_message_element *el;
+
+       el = PyLdbMessageElement_AsMessageElement(self);
+       return PyInt_FromLong(el->flags);
+}
+
+static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_set_flags(PyLdbMessageElementObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+       int flags;
+       struct ldb_message_element *el;
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &flags))
+               return NULL;
+
+       el = PyLdbMessageElement_AsMessageElement(self);
+       el->flags = flags;
+       Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef py_ldb_msg_element_methods[] = {
        { "get", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_msg_element_get, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
+       { "set_flags", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_msg_element_set_flags, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
+       { "flags", (PyCFunction)py_ldb_msg_element_flags, METH_NOARGS, NULL },
        { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -1436,33 +1789,49 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyOb
        char *name = NULL;
        const char * const kwnames[] = { "elements", "flags", "name", NULL };
        PyLdbMessageElementObject *ret;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
 
        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Ois",
                                         discard_const_p(char *, kwnames),
                                         &py_elements, &flags, &name))
                return NULL;
 
-       el = talloc_zero(NULL, struct ldb_message_element);
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       el = talloc_zero(mem_ctx, struct ldb_message_element);
 
        if (py_elements != NULL) {
                int i;
                if (PyString_Check(py_elements)) {
                        el->num_values = 1;
                        el->values = talloc_array(el, struct ldb_val, 1);
-                       el->values[0].data = (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(py_elements);
                        el->values[0].length = PyString_Size(py_elements);
+                       el->values[0].data = talloc_memdup(el, 
+                               (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(py_elements), el->values[0].length+1);
                } else if (PySequence_Check(py_elements)) {
                        el->num_values = PySequence_Size(py_elements);
                        el->values = talloc_array(el, struct ldb_val, el->num_values);
                        for (i = 0; i < el->num_values; i++) {
                                PyObject *item = PySequence_GetItem(py_elements, i);
-                               el->values[i].data = (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(item);
+                               if (!PyString_Check(item)) {
+                                       PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, 
+                                                       "Expected string as element %d in list", 
+                                                       i);
+                                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
+                                       return NULL;
+                               }
                                el->values[i].length = PyString_Size(item);
+                               el->values[i].data = talloc_memdup(el, 
+                                       (uint8_t *)PyString_AsString(item), el->values[i].length+1);
                        }
                } else {
                        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, 
                                        "Expected string or list");
-                       talloc_free(el);
+                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                        return NULL;
                }
        }
@@ -1473,12 +1842,12 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyOb
        ret = (PyLdbMessageElementObject *)PyLdbMessageElement.tp_alloc(&PyLdbMessageElement, 0);
        if (ret == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
-               talloc_free(el);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       ret->mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
-       ret->el = talloc_reference(ret->mem_ctx, el);
+       ret->mem_ctx = mem_ctx;
+       ret->el = el;
        return (PyObject *)ret;
 }
 
@@ -1497,9 +1866,12 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_element_repr(PyLdbMessageElementObject *self)
                        element_str = talloc_asprintf_append(element_str, ",%s", PyObject_REPR(o));
        }
 
-       ret = PyString_FromFormat("MessageElement([%s])", element_str);
-
-       talloc_free(element_str);
+       if (element_str != NULL) {
+               ret = PyString_FromFormat("MessageElement([%s])", element_str);
+               talloc_free(element_str);
+       } else {
+               ret = PyString_FromString("MessageElement([])");
+       }
 
        return ret;
 }
@@ -1521,7 +1893,7 @@ static void py_ldb_msg_element_dealloc(PyLdbMessageElementObject *self)
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyLdbMessageElement = {
-       .tp_name = "MessageElement",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.MessageElement",
        .tp_basicsize = sizeof(PyLdbMessageElementObject),
        .tp_dealloc = (destructor)py_ldb_msg_element_dealloc,
        .tp_repr = (reprfunc)py_ldb_msg_element_repr,
@@ -1564,8 +1936,13 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_keys(PyLdbMessageObject *self)
 static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_getitem_helper(PyLdbMessageObject *self, PyObject *py_name)
 {
        struct ldb_message_element *el;
-       char *name = PyString_AsString(py_name);
+       char *name;
        struct ldb_message *msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self);
+       if (!PyString_Check(py_name)) {
+               PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_TypeError);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       name = PyString_AsString(py_name);
        if (!strcmp(name, "dn"))
                return PyLdbDn_FromDn(msg->dn);
        el = ldb_msg_find_element(msg, name);
@@ -1592,8 +1969,11 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_get(PyLdbMessageObject *self, PyObject *args)
                return NULL;
 
        ret = py_ldb_msg_getitem_helper(self, name);
-       if (ret == NULL)
+       if (ret == NULL) {
+               if (PyErr_Occurred())
+                       return NULL;
                Py_RETURN_NONE;
+       }
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1633,15 +2013,22 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_iter(PyLdbMessageObject *self)
 
 static int py_ldb_msg_setitem(PyLdbMessageObject *self, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
 {
-       char *attr_name = PyString_AsString(name);
+       char *attr_name;
+
+       if (!PyString_Check(name)) {
+               PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_TypeError);
+               return -1;
+       }
+       
+       attr_name = PyString_AsString(name);
        if (value == NULL) {
+               /* delitem */
                ldb_msg_remove_attr(self->msg, attr_name);
        } else {
-               struct ldb_message_element *el = PyObject_AsMessageElement(NULL,
+               struct ldb_message_element *el = PyObject_AsMessageElement(self->msg,
                                                                                        value, 0, attr_name);
                if (el == NULL)
                        return -1;
-               talloc_steal(self->msg, el);
                ldb_msg_remove_attr(PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self), attr_name);
                ldb_msg_add(PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self), el, el->flags);
        }
@@ -1663,6 +2050,7 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw
 {
        const char * const kwnames[] = { "dn", NULL };
        struct ldb_message *ret;
+       TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx;
        PyObject *pydn = NULL;
        PyLdbMessageObject *py_ret;
 
@@ -1671,28 +2059,37 @@ static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw
                                         &pydn))
                return NULL;
 
-       ret = ldb_msg_new(NULL);
+       mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+       if (mem_ctx == NULL) {
+               PyErr_NoMemory();
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       ret = ldb_msg_new(mem_ctx);
        if (ret == NULL) {
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                PyErr_NoMemory();
                return NULL;
        }
 
        if (pydn != NULL) {
-               if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, pydn, NULL, &ret->dn)) {
-                       talloc_free(ret);
+               struct ldb_dn *dn;
+               if (!PyObject_AsDn(NULL, pydn, NULL, &dn)) {
+                       talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                        return NULL;
                }
+               ret->dn = talloc_reference(ret, dn);
        }
 
        py_ret = (PyLdbMessageObject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
        if (py_ret == NULL) {
                PyErr_NoMemory();
-               talloc_free(ret);
+               talloc_free(mem_ctx);
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       py_ret->mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
-       py_ret->msg = talloc_steal(py_ret->mem_ctx, ret);
+       py_ret->mem_ctx = mem_ctx;
+       py_ret->msg = ret;
        return (PyObject *)py_ret;
 }
 
@@ -1712,12 +2109,19 @@ PyObject *PyLdbMessage_FromMessage(struct ldb_message *msg)
 
 static PyObject *py_ldb_msg_get_dn(PyLdbMessageObject *self, void *closure)
 {
-       return PyLdbDn_FromDn(PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self)->dn);
+       struct ldb_message *msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self);
+       return PyLdbDn_FromDn(msg->dn);
 }
 
 static int py_ldb_msg_set_dn(PyLdbMessageObject *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
 {
-       PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self)->dn = PyLdbDn_AsDn(value);
+       struct ldb_message *msg = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(self);
+       if (!PyLdbDn_Check(value)) {
+               PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_TypeError);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       msg->dn = talloc_reference(msg, PyLdbDn_AsDn(value));
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1742,8 +2146,45 @@ static void py_ldb_msg_dealloc(PyLdbMessageObject *self)
        self->ob_type->tp_free(self);
 }
 
+static int py_ldb_msg_compare(PyLdbMessageObject *py_msg1,
+                             PyLdbMessageObject *py_msg2)
+{
+       struct ldb_message *msg1 = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg1),
+                          *msg2 = PyLdbMessage_AsMessage(py_msg2);
+       unsigned int i;
+       int ret;
+
+       if ((msg1->dn != NULL) || (msg2->dn != NULL)) {
+               ret = ldb_dn_compare(msg1->dn, msg2->dn);
+               if (ret != 0) {
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+
+       ret = msg1->num_elements - msg2->num_elements;
+       if (ret != 0) {
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < msg1->num_elements; i++) {
+               ret = ldb_msg_element_compare_name(&msg1->elements[i],
+                                                  &msg2->elements[i]);
+               if (ret != 0) {
+                       return ret;
+               }
+
+               ret = ldb_msg_element_compare(&msg1->elements[i],
+                                             &msg2->elements[i]);
+               if (ret != 0) {
+                       return ret;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 PyTypeObject PyLdbMessage = {
-       .tp_name = "Message",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.Message",
        .tp_methods = py_ldb_msg_methods,
        .tp_getset = py_ldb_msg_getset,
        .tp_as_mapping = &py_ldb_msg_mapping,
@@ -1753,6 +2194,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyLdbMessage = {
        .tp_repr = (reprfunc)py_ldb_msg_repr,
        .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
        .tp_iter = (getiterfunc)py_ldb_msg_iter,
+       .tp_compare = (cmpfunc)py_ldb_msg_compare,
 };
 
 PyObject *PyLdbTree_FromTree(struct ldb_parse_tree *tree)
@@ -1777,7 +2219,7 @@ static void py_ldb_tree_dealloc(PyLdbTreeObject *self)
 }
 
 PyTypeObject PyLdbTree = {
-       .tp_name = "Tree",
+       .tp_name = "ldb.Tree",
        .tp_basicsize = sizeof(PyLdbTreeObject),
        .tp_dealloc = (destructor)py_ldb_tree_dealloc,
        .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
@@ -2086,10 +2528,12 @@ static PyObject *py_register_module(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *py_timestring(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
 {
        time_t t;
+       unsigned long val;
        char *tresult;
        PyObject *ret;
-       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "L", &t))
+       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "l", &val))
                return NULL;
+       t = (time_t)val;
        tresult = ldb_timestring(NULL, t);
        ret = PyString_FromString(tresult);
        talloc_free(tresult);
@@ -2168,6 +2612,10 @@ void initldb(void)
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "CHANGETYPE_DELETE", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_CHANGETYPE_DELETE));
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "CHANGETYPE_MODIFY", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_CHANGETYPE_MODIFY));
 
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLAG_MOD_ADD", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLAG_MOD_ADD));
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLAG_MOD_REPLACE", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLAG_MOD_REPLACE));
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLAG_MOD_DELETE", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLAG_MOD_DELETE));
+
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "SUCCESS", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_SUCCESS));
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR));
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR));
@@ -2206,9 +2654,13 @@ void initldb(void)
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_ENTRY_ALREADY_EXISTS));
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_OBJECT_CLASS_MODS_PROHIBITED", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_OBJECT_CLASS_MODS_PROHIBITED));
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_AFFECTS_MULTIPLE_DSAS", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_AFFECTS_MULTIPLE_DSAS));
-
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "ERR_OTHER", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_ERR_OTHER));
 
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLG_RDONLY", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLG_RDONLY));
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLG_NOSYNC", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLG_NOSYNC));
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLG_RECONNECT", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLG_RECONNECT));
+       PyModule_AddObject(m, "FLG_NOMMAP", PyInt_FromLong(LDB_FLG_NOMMAP));
+
        PyModule_AddObject(m, "__docformat__", PyString_FromString("restructuredText"));
 
        PyExc_LdbError = PyErr_NewException(discard_const_p(char, "_ldb.LdbError"), NULL, NULL);