Re: Need to configure openLDAP client to request authenication in LDAP version 2 format

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

--On Monday, June 23, 2008 11:28 AM -0400 kenglund <kenglund@sbc.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
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> I am installing a new version of our Zope/Plone software for hosting our
> web portal.  The new software is using a product called PloneLDAP, which
> (I think) in turn requests authentication using openLDAP client.
> openLDAP is authenticating through our mail server, which wants bind
> requests in version 2 format. Modification of the mail server software to
> use version 3 authentication does not seem to be an option, as (according
> to my Tech guy) it is "really not LDAP", but has an "LDAP Like"
> interface.  The interface requires the bind to look like this:

Either your tech guy is on crack, since LDAP v3 is the current LDAP 
protocol version, and has been for many years, or you have a 
misunderstanding somewhere along the way of what they were saying.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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