Re: Authentication Issue

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com>]

--On Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:42 PM +0000 Richard Golding 
<richard.golding@zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Many Thanks - That did the trick


Glad to hear it worked.  Please keep replies at least cc'd to the list 
though.  Thanks!

--Quanah


> Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> > --On Friday, March 12, 2010 7:24 AM +0000 Richard Golding
> > <richard.golding@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to setup a server and running into an issue whereby I cannot
> > > authenticate using the rootdn. (I am new to OPENLDAP so apologies in
> > > advance if this is a basic question)
> > >
> > > The problem is I get "Invalid Credentials" returned
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is an excerpt from my Slapd.conf file
> > >
> > > database bdb
> > > suffix "dc=my-domain,dc=com"
> > > checkpoint 1024 15
> > > rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=my-domain,dc=com"
> > > # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should
> > > # be avoided. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details.
> > > # Use of strong authentication encouraged.
> > > rootpw secret
> > > rootpw {crypt}ijFYNcSNctBYg
> >
> > Don't use crypt passwords.  Use the slappasswd command to generate
> > yourself a nice SSHA hash.
> >
> > --Quanah
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Quanah Gibson-Mount
> > Principal Software Engineer
> > Zimbra, Inc
> > --------------------
> > Zimbra ::  the leader in open source messaging and collaboration



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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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Zimbra ::  the leader in open source messaging and collaboration