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Re: Newbie Question

To: Néstor Boscán <nestorjb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Newbie Question
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:29:52 -0700
Cc: <OpenLDAP-Software@OpenLDAP.org>
In-reply-to: <4513506b.21f191a9.1855.36f9@mx.gmail.com>
References: <4513506b.21f191a9.1855.36f9@mx.gmail.com>

At 07:54 PM 9/21/2006, Néstor Boscán wrote:
>I recently downloaded and installed OpenLDAP on Windows XP. Very easy
>installation. Now I'm trying to login to OpenLDAP using cn=admin but it
>doesn't work, I have to put the entire base DN to make it work
>cn=admin,dn=somecompany,dn=com. Is this the way to authenticate or there is
>a way to just use cn=admin?.

LDAP simple DN/password authentication requires the user's DN.

If you want to authenticate using a simple user name (e.g.,
admin), use a suitable SASL authentication mechanism.

-- Kurt

References:
- Newbie Question
  - From: Néstor Boscán <nestorjb@gmail.com>

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