RE: "ldap_bind: Invalid credentials"

[Gary Williams <sasgwi@wnt.sas.com>]

Unlike Netscape, with OpenLDAP, the rootdn must be under the
suffix,

rootdn "cn=Directory Manager,o=PageMart,c=US" (or one of the
other suffixes).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Spradley [mailto:Ted.Spradley@pagemart.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 11:05 AM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: "ldap_bind: Invalid credentials"
> 
> 
> Help!  I'm an idiot.  I've been going 'round and 'round with this, and
> this is the best I've done:
> 
> In slapd debug output:
> 
> reading config file /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
> line 15 (pidfile                /var/ldap/slapd.pid)
> line 16 (argsfile       /var/ldap/slapd.args)
> line 22 (database       ldbm)
> line 23 (suffix         "o=PageMart.com")
> line 24 (suffix         "dc=pagemart, dc=net")
> line 25 (suffix         "o=PageMart Wireless, c=US")
> line 26 (directory      /var/ldap/db)
> line 30 (rootdn          "cn=Directory Manager")
> line 31 (rootpw          dirmanadmin)
> line 35 (defaultaccess   write)
> line 37 (index          cn,sn)
> line 38 (index          uid             pres,eq)
> line 39 (lastmod                on)
> line 41 (dbcachesize    100000000)
> 
> But when I try to add stuff to the directory:
> 
> smtpa$ ldapadd -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w dirmanadmin  -v 
> -f test.ldif
> ldap_bind: Invalid credentials
> 
> 
> Does it matter what the owner and permissions are on the slapd.conf
> file?  On the 'directory /var/ldap/db'?  Does it matter what's in
> test.ldif?  The "Invalid credentials" happens immediately, so I don't
> think it's the lack of a "cn=Directory Manager" entry in test.ldif.
> 
> Any clues?
>