NET::LDAP and Rails Session

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Does anybody know what the correct way to cache results from Net::LDAP bind_as? I've been struggling for about a day now and I know it's something really easy. But when ever I do something like this -

  def self.login(username, password)      begin      ldap = Net::LDAP.new      ldap.host = "192.168.1.16"      ldap.port = 389

     result = ldap.bind_as(        :base => "dc=net",        :filter => "(cn=#{username})",        :password => password      )

     @dn = result.first.dn      rescue => e          false       end

    end

and in my controller I do

if request.post?

       session[:user_id] = AuthUser.login(params[:user]["username"], params[:user]["password"])

end

My server returns a 500 error. I've tried from lighttpd and locomotive. Both return the same generic error. I suspect it's related to the object returned is not compatible with the marshal_dump. So the question is how do I copy the values from the result set into my session object? Sorry if this is a stupid noobie question but I am one so. :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance. Phill