diff -uNr ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/conn.c ruby-ldap-0.8.3/conn.c
--- ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/conn.c	2004-12-06 15:01:34.000000000 -0800
+++ ruby-ldap-0.8.3/conn.c	2004-12-06 14:32:44.000000000 -0800
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
     rb_raise(rb_eLDAP_ResultError,"can't initialize a ldap session");
   ldapdata->ldap = cldap;
 
+  rb_iv_set(self, "@sasl_quiet", Qfalse);
+
   return Qnil;
 };
 
@@ -1273,6 +1275,7 @@
   rb_cLDAP_Conn = rb_define_class_under(rb_mLDAP,"Conn",rb_cData);
   rb_define_attr(rb_cLDAP_Conn, "referrals", 1, 0);
   rb_define_attr(rb_cLDAP_Conn, "controls", 1, 0);
+  rb_define_attr(rb_cLDAP_Conn, "sasl_quiet", 1, 1);
 #if RUBY_VERSION_CODE < 170
   rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cLDAP_Conn,"new",rb_ldap_class_new,-1);
 #endif
diff -uNr ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/saslconn.c ruby-ldap-0.8.3/saslconn.c
--- ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/saslconn.c	2003-12-23 01:11:51.000000000 -0800
+++ ruby-ldap-0.8.3/saslconn.c	2004-12-06 14:19:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
     mechanism = StringValuePtr(arg2);
     serverctrls = NULL;
     clientctrls = NULL;
+    if (rb_iv_get(self, "@sasl_quiet") == Qtrue)
+      sasl_flags = LDAP_SASL_QUIET;
     break;
   case 3:
     dn = StringValuePtr(arg1);
diff -uNr ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/sslconn.c ruby-ldap-0.8.3/sslconn.c
--- ruby-ldap-0.8.3.orig/sslconn.c	2003-11-15 20:55:14.000000000 -0800
+++ ruby-ldap-0.8.3/sslconn.c	2004-12-06 14:48:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
     Check_LDAP_Result(ldapdata->err);
   }
 
+  rb_iv_set(self, "@sasl_quiet", Qfalse);
+
   return Qnil;
 }
 #endif /* USE_OPENLDAP_SSLCONN */