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

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

--On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:38 PM +0200 Buchan Milne 
<bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 24 June 2008 18:20:28 Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> > --On Monday, June 23, 2008 11:28 AM -0400 kenglund <kenglund@sbc.edu>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> Or, the software in question *really* only does do LDAPv2. This is the
> case  with a lot of proprietary software from supposedly reputable
> vendors.

Whether or not the software only does LDAPv2 in no way relates to saying 
that "ldapv3 is really not ldap".  That's why I said either the guy is on 
crack, or there was a misunderstanding (i.e., the software only does 
ldapv2, and trying to do ldapv3 would be a hack, etc).

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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