ldap.rb

# Check whether the current user is privileged (member of group edv)
# Params:
# +user+: user to check privilege for
def is_privileged?(user)
  if user.is_a? User
    connect do |ldap|
      filter = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq('cn', 'edv') & Net::LDAP::Filter.eq('memberUid', user.uid)
      base = 'ou=Group,<snip>'
      privileged = !(ldap.search(base: base, filter: filter).empty?)
      check_operation_result(ldap: ldap, error_message: 'Privilege Check failed')
      return privileged
    end
  else
    return false
  end
end

ldap_implicit.rb

# Check whether the current user is privileged (member of group edv)
# Params:
# +user+: user to check privilege for
def is_privileged?(user)
  if user.is_a? User
    connect do |ldap|
      filter = Net::LDAP::Filter.eq('cn', 'edv') & Net::LDAP::Filter.eq('memberUid', user.uid)
      base = 'ou=Group,<snip>'
      privileged = !(ldap.search(base: base, filter: filter).empty?)
      check_operation_result(ldap: ldap, error_message: 'Privilege Check failed')
      privileged
    end
  else
    false
  end
end