Re: address book getting "LDAP Protocol Error" [FIXED]

[John Beamon <jbeamon@franklinamerican.com>]

John Beamon wrote:
> I just got a 2.1.22 server working in an remote location.  From this 
> desktop (Linux), I can successfully execute ldapsearch for my account 
> against it.  When I add it as a directory server to Thunderbird and 
> search for my account, it comes back silently with no results.  When 
> Outlook users on our network attempt to sync Outlook's copy of the 
> address book against this server, they get a popup reading "LDAP 
> Protocol Error" and labeled "Messageware Address Book".
>
> What's the difference between Thunderbird's request for my account and 
> ldapsearch's request for my account?  I even changed my /etc/ldap.conf 
> to point to that box instead of our usual directory, restarted nscd, and 
> ran 'id jbeamon' successfully.  It's not confined to just ldapsearch or 
> just pam_ldap.  It almost appears to be an email client issue, and I'm 
> completely stumped.

I didn't hear back from anyone publicly or privately, so I thought I 
would post this for public record.  Our Outlook users have a plugin to 
talk to ordinary LDAP servers.  That plugin, and the Mozilla Thunderbird 
LDAP connector, both talk LDAP v.2.  OpenLDAP-2.1.22 did not listen on 
v.2 by default.  Running 'ldapsearch -P 2' displayed the same protocol 
error.  Adding "allow bind_v2" to slapd.conf and restarting fixed it for 
all parties concerned.


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John Beamon
Systems Administrator
Franklin American Mortgage
eml: jbeamon@franklinamerican.com
web: www.franklinamerican.com