Configuring Solaris 8 clients

[Matthew Mauzy <matthew_mauzy@unc.edu>]

I've been banging my head against the wall for the last couple of weeks 
trying to get Solaris 8 clients to play nice with my openLDAP v2.1.12 
server.  I have the openldap server up and running and am able to configure 
redhat 8 systems to use the directory's account info to login.  I am using 
krb5 for password info (if that has any bearing on the problem).  I'm 
trying to use 'ldapclient -v -P default <ip address>' but kept getting the 
error "Cannont find the rootDN".  I've tried editing the 
/var/ldap/ldap_client_file and ldap_client_cred files and am seeing traffic 
going to the ldap server but no luck.  In reading through Sun's LDAP Setup 
and Configuration Guide, Sun has you verify that the Directory Server 
supports simple page mode control with the command 'ldapsearch -b "" -s 
base objectclass=\*'.  My server doesn't return the same info that the 
guide example does, in fact it doesn't return much:

#
dn:
objectClass: top
objectClass: OpenLDAProotDSE


When I check the NIS Domain object I get:

# amath.unc.edu
dn: dc=amath,dc=unc,dc=edu
dc: amath
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: nisDomainObject
nisDomain: amath.unc.edu


I've seen some posts that have pointed out possible problems with the 
objectClass: dcObject.  Is this the source of the problem???

Here's the output of my default profile that is in the Dir:

# default, profile, amath.unc.edu
dn: cn=default,ou=profile,dc=amath,dc=unc,dc=edu
SolarisBindDN: cn=solaris,ou=ldapusers,dc=amath,dc=unc,dc=edu
SolarisSearchBaseDN: dc=amath,dc=unc,dc=edu
SolarisAuthMethod: NS_LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE
SolarisTransportSecurity: NS_LDAP_SEC_NONE
SolarisSearchReferral: NS_LDAP_FOLLOWREF
SolarisSearchScope: NS_LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL
SolarisSearchTimeLimit: 30
SolarisCacheTTL: 3600
cn: default
objectClass: top
objectClass: SolarisNamingProfile
SolarisLDAPServers: kerberos-1.fully.qualified.domain.name
SolarisBindPassword: {NS1}xxxxxxxxxxxx

It's much to pretty a day to be stuck battling Sun and LDAP...

Any and all insight GREATLY appreciated.

--Matthew
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                       Matthew W. Mauzy
                     Systems Administrator
                     Applied Math @ UNC-CH
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