Is /etc/ldap.conf an openldap file?
It depends on your system. On most, it is not. Ususally, it is /etc/openldap/ldap.conf or /etc/ldap/ldap.conf. /etc/ldap.conf is most often for nss_ldap/pam_ldap, which uses entirely different options. This has been covered on the list many times.
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