# File lib/puppet/provider/group/ldap.rb, line 40
40:   def self.name2id(group)
41:     return nil unless result = manager.search("cn=#{group}") and result.length > 0
42: 
43:     # Only use the first result.
44:     group = result[0]
45:     gid = group[:gid][0]
46:   end