RE: LDAP backend for Heimdal Kerberos

["Howard Chu" <hyc@symas.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Tony Earnshaw

> Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> > The PADL web site has the instructions, but mentions a requirement:
> >
> > A patch to support SASL EXTERNAL authentication is
> necessary in order to
> > use OpenLDAP 2.1.x
> >
> > Where do I get this patch, can't seem to find it, I am
> running OpenLDAP
> > 2.1.23.
>
> Would that be Howard's ldapdb by any chance?

No. The Heimdal source has an LDAP backend that allows its KDC to use LDAP
for the Kerberos key store. Contributed by PADL, with one or two tweaks from
me. As far as I recall, the patch to support SASL/EXTERNAL was integrated in
Heimdal 0.5 or 0.6, so you shouldn't need anything else.

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