Re: Why do I have to be root to run ldapsearch

[Matthew J Backes <lucca@csun.edu>]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:14:39 -0700
Douglas Phillipson <dougp@intermind.net> wrote:

> Im sure this is a configuration problem but I can't seem to spot it.
> Whan doing ldapsearch I get the following error if I do it as a
> "user":

> ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> )
> ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such object (32)

> Y=The same search as "root" works fine.  Any suggestions?

There exists a file "ldap.conf" which holds default values for ldap
client software such as ldapsearch.  If this file is readable only by
root, you might see a problem like this.

Matthew Backes
lucca@csun.edu