OpenLDAP Faq-O-Matic : OpenLDAP Software FAQ : Common Errors :
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)SASL/GSSAPI authentication started ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
Then check the slapd service, it stoped.
This may come from incompatible of using different versions of BerkeleyDB for installing of SASL and installing of OpenLDAP. The problem arises in case of using multiple version of BerkeleyDB. Solution: - Check which version of BerkeleyDB when install Cyrus SASL. - Reinstall OpenLDAP with the version of BerkeleyDB above.
It was my case and that was the solution I did and it worked :) Hope this gives you some information.
-- Le Trung Kien
In my /etc/ssl/certs there have been "real certificate files" and a lot of symbolic links to certificate files. One of these links has been broken, i.e. the references file did not exist.
When the clients finds this broken link it aborts the search for a matching certificate with an error!
So when a matching certificate is found BEFORE the broken link, everything is ok. But if the broken link is found before a matching certificate, you will get this error.