Re: LDAP & SASL

[Waldemar Brodkorb <waldemar.brodkorb@web.de>]

Hello Tommi,

* Tommi Komulainen wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 03:59:38PM +0200, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> > But:
> >  ldapsearch "objectclass=*"
> >  ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server
> >  
> > Any ideas what to do?
> > Do I have to configure SASL correctly? 
> 
> No, you can run "ldapsearch -x" to use simple bind, without SASL. (The way
> openldap v1 used to work.)
 
I tried this, too. 
ldapsearch -x "objectclass=*" -W
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server

rootpw          secret
 
> > Where's a good documentation to LDAP & SASL?
> > sysadmin.html & RFC 2222 is not very understandable for me.
> 
> I have absolutely no idea.  I tried to get SASL authentication working
> myself at one time, but I didn't have much luck due to the lack of
> documentation.

:( , shit.

> There is /usr/sbin/saslpasswd, but it seems to require root privileges for
> changing passwords..  The realms are beyond me though.

I know saslpasswd, but where to set the realm? 
How the configfile for LDAP is named.
/usr/lib/sasl/ldap.conf ??
In the dcoumentation only Sendmail and Cyrus IMAP is
considered. 

Anyone else an idea?

cya
Waldemar

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