Re: ldap_bind error

[Piotr Wadas <pwadas@dtpw.pl>]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Mburu, Patrick wrote:

> When i use this command;
> 
>  /usr/bin/ldapadd -x -D 'uid=root,dc=fedora,dc=directory,dc=server' -W -f
> /tmp/domain.ldif
> 
> after entering the LDAP password i get this error: ldap_bind cannot contact
> ldap server.

Hello, 

Try ldapadd -h switch, or make sure you put 127.0.0.1 into 
ldap-listening sockets, /etc/default/slapd with debian, god knows where 
with other distros.. 
Regards

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