Re: Bind using a user other than organizationalRole user

[Dieter Kluenter <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

Am Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:28:27 -0500
schrieb Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com>:

> Hello list,
> 
> I have a local OpenLDAP server with a couple of users. I'm using it
> for development purposes, here's the ldif:
> 
> #Top level - the organization
> dn: dc=site, dc=com
> dc: site
> description: OneLogin LLC
> objectClass: dcObject
> objectClass: organization
> o: OneLogin LLC
> 
> #Top level - manager
> dn: cn=Manager, dc=site, dc=com
> objectClass: organizationalRole
> cn: Manager
> 
> #Second level - organizational units
> dn: ou=people, dc=site, dc=com
> ou: people
> description: All people in the organization
> objectClass: organizationalunit
> 
> dn: ou=groups, dc=site, dc=com
> ou: groups
> description: All groups in the organization
> objectClass: organizationalunit
> 
> #Third level - people
> dn: uid=celoserpa, ou=people, dc=site, dc=com
> objectclass: pilotPerson
> objectclass: uidObject
> uid: celoserpa
> cn: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
> sn: de Moraes Serpa
> userPassword: secret_12345
> mail: marcelo@site.com
> 
> So far, so good. I can bind with "cn=Manager,dc=site,dc=com" and the
> 12345678 password (the local server password, setup on slapd.conf).
> 
> However, I would like to bind with any user in under the people OU.
> In this case, I'd like to bind with:
>   dn: uid=celoserpa, ou=people, dc=site, dc=com
>   userPassword: secret_12345
> 
> But I'm getting a (49) - Invalid Credentials error everytime. I have
> tried through CLI tools (such as ldapadd, ldapwhoami, etc) and also
> ruby/ldap. The bind with these credentials fails with a invalid
> credentials error.
> 
> I was suspecting that maybe OpenLDAP doesn't compare against
> userPassword? Or maybe some ACL configuration I am missing that is
> somehow affecting the read access to userPassword for the specific DN.
> 
> I'm really lost here, any suggestion appreciated!

You may run slapd in debugging mode, that is slapd(8) -dacl

-Dieter

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