testldap.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ldap'

time = Time.new
p time.localtime

ldap = Net::LDAP.new :host => '<hostname>',
        :port => 636,
	:auth => {
             :method => :simple,
	     :username => '<username>',
             :password => '<password>'
       },
	:encryption => {:method => :simple_tls}

time1 = Time.new
p time1.localtime

if ldap.bind
    p " authentication succeeded "
    time2 = Time.new
    p time2.localtime
else
    p " authentication failed "    
    p ldap.get_operation_result
   
    time3 = Time.new
    p time3.localtime
end