Re: BINDDN in ldap.conf

[Artur Kokoszka <kokoszka@ite.waw.pl>]

Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:

> At 01:54 PM 7/22/2004, Craig White wrote:
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> > On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 12:46, Artur Kokoszka wrote:
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> > > Hello list
> > >
> > > When I  use a command:
> > > ldapsearch -x '(objectclass=*)' -W -D "cn=admin, dc=example, dc=com"
> > > all works good.
> > > But when I add BINDDN into the /etc/ldap/ldap.conf file, and try to use:
> > > ldapsearch -x '(objectclass=*)' -W
> > > I've got an error:
> > > ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
> > >
> > > I use debian sarge with standard ldap/slapd packege (v2.1).
> > > My /etc/ldap/ldap.conf file contains:
> > >
> > > BASE    dc=example,dc=com                        #works good
> > > URI     ldap://localhost/                                   #works good
> > > BINDDN  cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com     #does not work
> > >
> > > Why default dn bind specified in /etc/ldap/ldap.conf does not work ?
> > >
> > >      
> > ---
> > before someone says that this isn't an openldap question (which it
> > isn't)...
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> I presume the poster is using OpenLDAP's ldapsearch(1).
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> > I think that you need bindpw value in this file which is the passwd for
> > the binddn and thus sent by the client.
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> bindpw is not an OpenLDAP directive.
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So why it is described in the manual of ldap.conf (even on openldap.org) 
?  ;)
http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=ldap.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenLDAP+2.1-Release&format=html

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