Begin Stewart James quotation: > > from the servers that do NOT work can you try something like > > > > ldapsearch -b "o=vu.edu.au" -LLL -H "ldap://ldap.vu.edu.au:389/"; > > '(objectClass=*)' -x > > Tested all of that. This is why the problem is giving me nightmares. All > of the servers that I have tried actually have other apps on them that > utilise ldap. > > It's really bizarre. I keep coming back to the fact the when I run > ethereal on the machine running pam_ldap I never see it even attempt to > open a connection to the ldap server. > Just to reassure you that you're not going mad, I've found exactly the same problem on my machines - pam_ldap will fail with the error "unable to connect to ldap server", while all other applications on the machine (including ldapsearch) quite happily converse with the ldap server. I've found that restarting the ldap daemon, as well as waving dead chickens, seems to fix the problem. Of course, if there's a more permanent solution I'd love to hear it... Martin -- pgp public key at http://ocsc.ormond.unimelb.edu.au/~mstrauss/pgp_key.asc or send email with subject: request key Key fingerprint: C1C3 0D9B 8874 2181 F9DC DCCE 22A2 ECB5 4410 5F14 http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?bite=JuniorMonkey -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/MU d? s: a--- C++++ UL+++++$ P++ L++(+++) E--- W+++ N+++ o+ K? w--- O- M-- V- PS+++ PE Y++ PGP+++ t- 5- X- R+++ !tv b++++ DI+++ D+(+++) G++++ e* h++ r% y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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