Re: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: DSA is unavailable

[Salvador Ramirez <sram@profc.udec.CL>]

Just in case, is there a tutorial, administrator guide or 
HOWTO about OpenLDAP/SASL ? The OpenLDAP's administrator guide
just talk about SASL as a pre-requisite software.
Thanks

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 03:38 PM 10/9/00 -0400, Salvador Ramirez wrote:
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> > I'm getting the message error:
> >
> >ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: DSA is unavailable
> >
> >when I try to use ldapsearch, ldappasswd or any interactive command 
> >that needs modify the database and for which needs the Manager's password.
> 
> The above message only occurs when you are using SASL bind (no -x option).
> It usually means that certain attributes, such as supportedSASLmechanisms,
> were not available to the client.
> 
> >I saw this same problem on the FAQ but from ldap_bind function.
> 
> I believe the issues regarding SASL bind have been discussed on
> this list.  Check the archives.
> 
> >Is there something special that needs the authentication sasl to bind
> >to the ldap server?
> 
> Yes.  See archives for past discussions on how to make use of Cyrus
> SASL w/ OpenLDAP.
> 
> Kurt
> 

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