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Re: bind using username instead of dn

To: Frank Swasey <Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: bind using username instead of dn
From: Igor Brezac <igor@ipass.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Joe Grastara <joe@endeavor.med.nyu.edu>, openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0306170719530.16553@robin.uvm.edu>
References: <2147483647.1055777815@[10.165.7.80]> <Pine.LNX.4.53.0306170719530.16553@robin.uvm.edu>

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Frank Swasey wrote:

> On Jun 16 at 3:36pm, Joe Grastara wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to allow users to bind to slapd
> > using a username instead of a distinguished name.
>
> Can't be done (at least not directly).
>
> The process is:
>
> get the username and password
> do an anonymous search for uid=username
> bind with the returned dn and the password

It can be done:
http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin21/sasl.html

-- 
Igor

References:
- bind using username instead of dn
  - From: Joe Grastara <joe@endeavor.med.nyu.edu>
- Re: bind using username instead of dn
  - From: Frank Swasey <Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu>

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