# File lib/puppet/provider/group/ldap.rb, line 42
42:     def self.name2id(group)
43:         return nil unless result = manager.search("cn=%s" % group) and result.length > 0
44: 
45:         # Only use the first result.
46:         group = result[0]
47:         gid = group[:gid][0]
48:         return gid
49:     end