Re: OpenLDAP <-> iPlanet cooperation

["Tibbetts, Ric" <TIBBERI@mail.northgrum.com>]

Ok, since I've gotten no responses to this, I have to assume one of two 
things:

1) It's blatently, stupidly obvious, and I'm the only one who doesn't 
see it. Thus no one will answer.

or

2) It doesn't make sense to anyone else either (maybe I didn't give 
enough info?), thus no one is answering.

Please, if it's either of the above, just drop a note to say <shrug> 
dunno, or <mmbbwwaahahahahaaaaaa> That's so simple, RTFM...
At least I'd have an indication of where to go next.

Thank you!

	Ric


Tibbetts, Ric wrote:
> All;
> I'm faced with a situation that I'm not sure how to resolve.
> I need to set up Linux workstations to run autofs through LDAP. 
> Currently, the Suns are all set up that way.
>
> (prior to this project, I'd never worked with LDAP, so my knowledge on 
> the subject is extremely sparse).
>
> So far, I have a Linux client (running RedHat 8.0 + OpenLDAP), that 
> authenticates through the Sun based iPlanet Directory Server. It handles 
> logins just fine. But I can't get the automounter to work for home 
> directories.
>
> Per information I've found in various places, I've added the following 
> to /etc/auto.master
>
> /home 
> ldap:ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com 
>
>
> starting autofs then produces the following in /var/log/messages:
>
> Feb 11 11:32:39 aurora automount[1336]: starting automounter version 
> 3.1.7, path = /home, maptype = ldap, mapname = 
> ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com 
>
> Feb 11 11:32:40 aurora autofs: automount startup succeeded
> Feb 11 11:32:40 aurora automount[1336]: using kernel protocol version 3
>
> So far so good.
>
> So:
>
> #> service autofs status
>
> Configured Mount Points:
> ------------------------
> /usr/sbin/automount /home ldap 
> ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com 
>
>
>
> Active Mount Points:
> --------------------
> /usr/sbin/automount /home ldap 
> ldap.mlb.esid.northgrum.com:nisMapName=auto_home,dc=eng,dc=mlb,dc=northgrum,dc=com 
>
>
>
>  Great!
>
>
> Then I try to log in:
>
> Feb 11 11:32:51 aurora login(pam_unix)[826]: session opened for user 
> tibberi by LOGIN(uid=0)
> Feb 11 11:32:51 aurora automount[1336]: attempting to mount entry 
> /home/tibberi
> Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora automount[1343]: lookup(ldap): query succeeded, 
> no matches for (&(objectclass=nisObject)(cn=/))
> Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora automount[1343]: lookup(ldap): query succeeded, 
> no matches for (&(objectclass=automount)(cn=/))
> Feb 11 11:32:52 aurora  -- tibberi[826]: LOGIN ON tty3 BY tibberi
>
> Not so good. I get no home dir. What I don't understand is where the 
> cn=/ is coming from.
> I've checked the LDAP server, and it shows that the line in auto.master 
> is a valid string.
>
> I don't know what's going wrong. Can someone shed some light on this?
>
> Much thanks in advance!
>
>     Ric Tibbetts