Re: Trying to compile OpenLDAP with supportedSASLMechanisms:EXTERNAL

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Sam Ricchio wrote:
> I have started ldap with
> -h ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi
> And that is how the client (in this case Heimdal)
> should be connecting.  I've followed the directions at the Padl.com
> web site.  I'll try searching over at their list for a while.  I thought 
> I should have
> seen the mechanism before going forward.

It should list EXTERNAL but only when connecting over Unix domain socket 
(see difference of the two examples of my local setup below).

Ciao, Michael.

-------------------------------- ldapi --------------------------------
$ ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base -H ldapi://%2ftmp%2fopenldap-socket 
"(objectClass=*)" supportedSASLMechanisms
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <> with scope base
# filter: (objectClass=*)
# requesting: supportedSASLMechanisms
#

#
dn:
supportedSASLMechanisms: GSSAPI
supportedSASLMechanisms: CRAM-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: DIGEST-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: LOGIN
supportedSASLMechanisms: PLAIN
supportedSASLMechanisms: NTLM
supportedSASLMechanisms: SRP
supportedSASLMechanisms: OTP
supportedSASLMechanisms: EXTERNAL

# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success

# numResponses: 2
# numEntries: 1

-------------------------------- ldap --------------------------------
$ ldapsearch -x -b "" -s base -H ldap://localhost:1390 "(objectClass=*)" 
supportedSASLMechanisms
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <> with scope base
# filter: (objectClass=*)
# requesting: supportedSASLMechanisms
#

#
dn:
supportedSASLMechanisms: GSSAPI
supportedSASLMechanisms: CRAM-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: DIGEST-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: NTLM
supportedSASLMechanisms: SRP
supportedSASLMechanisms: OTP

# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success

# numResponses: 2
# numEntries: 1