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Re: pam_ldap error

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:24:16PM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Jeff Gamsby wrote:
> 
> >  Does ldapsearch -x work? If on Linux, how about getent passwd?
> 
> ldapsearch -x works just fine. genent passwd works fine too
pam_ldap is independent from getent passwd (it uses libnss_ldap)
and it's config file is: /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/{.,ldap}/ldap.conf
(the second is debian specific I think)
(But it is good to test wheather your database is available)

pam_ldap's config file is: /etc/pam_ldap.conf

If the problem is not the pam_ldap.conf file, you can try to debug it
in the following way:
tcpdump
or
(backup first!!) cp /etc/pam.d/ssh /etc/pam.d/su
strace su someuser (do this as root but remove, rootok pam module from
the list, so it will ask for password)

> 
> >
> > Asif Iqbal wrote:
> >
> > >Hi All
> > >
> > >I am trying to ssh auth against the ldap server using pam_ldap and getting the
> > >following error
> > >
> > >Dec  1 13:03:44 scrub sshd[11979]: [ID 280705 auth.error] pam_ldap:
> > >ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server
> > >Dec  1 13:03:44 scrub sshd[11977]: [ID 800047 auth.error] error: PAM: Can not
> > >retrieve authentication info
> > >
> > >sshd auth --> pam_ldap.so (in pam.conf)
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >