[OpenLDAP Software](http://www.openldap.org/software/) is an [open source](http://www.opensource.org/) implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

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openldap Fedora 22 - apple.schema and now for the mount section

Hej there! how do i make the correct ldif file for mounts ? i found this old webpage but i get errors trying to create it i'm useing mac OS X as openldap client and it' not mounting the /home at all ...
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How to provide password in a secure way to LDAP seed?

I am pxe installing Ubuntu over a network, unattended. I want Ldap installed as well, but I need to provide the ldap db root password in the seed: ldap-auth-config ldap-auth-config/rootbindpw ...
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Is it possible to store the slapd SSL certificate data inside the cn=config directory itself?

Though I like the cn=config style of slapd configuration it seems odd to still have to place the SSL certificate files outside of the directory on the hosts file system. I'm talking about: dn: ...
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Use an alternate /etc/ldap.conf with ldap search

I would like to perform ldap queries using an alternate file (which is intended to be used with pam.d and so have the same format as /etc/ldap.conf) I think of using ldapsearch. In the manual, I ...
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ldappasswd show error Result: No such object (32)

Why I get error No such object when I run ldappasswd command ? Below is my command to modify password : ldappasswd -H ldap://localhost -x -D "cn=admin,dc=enjaysun,dc=com" -W -S ...
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getent group working, but sshd_config allowgroups does not retrieve appropriate group

I am trying to setup Kerberos MIT authentication with OpenLdap autorisation on Debian Jessie. Authentication part is working great, as I can login to SSH using my kerberos account. I even can create ...
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IP based and FQDN based certificate on same LDAP node

Currently my LDAP server is having self signed FQDN based SSL certificate .I would like to have IP based SSL certificate for the same node.IS that feasible ? Below certificate issued to FQDN i.e ...
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Unable to add host for user in LDAP

I tried to add hostobject for my user in LDAP setup but after typing in all the information and save, the host was not added to the user. Command I used: ldapmodify -x -D ...
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Autofs : Multi LDAP

I prepare the migration NIS to LDAP maps. I use autofs for mount nfs directory. ( User home & /usr/local/xxx ) To work with 1 ldap server but i would set to backup server. I test this : cat ...
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OpenLDAP log file ownership changed automatically

Am using OpenLDAP 'openldap-2.4.31' on debian. I have configured syncrepl .Everything work’s normal. But frequently am getting below Error. The log file ownership is getting changed any one of the ...
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pam_pkcs11 - Peer's certificate issuer has been marked as not trusted by the user

Whenever I try to use PAM with a smart card via pam_pkcs11.so I get the following error: DEBUG:cert_vfy.c:38: Couldn't verify Cert: Peer's ceritifacte issuer has been marked as not trusted by the ...
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Enable anonymous bind in openldap

I have setup ldap server successfully and everything works find. However, i cannot access the server with 'anonymous' bind, which according to every google search it should be. When I execute; # ...
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Password Policy on Openldap dont support all attributes

So far, I discovered "pwdminlength" attribute in password policy doesn't work when Openldap use SHA or crypt options as password modification techniques. Though, it does work with clear-text. This is ...
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How can I set up centralized home directories and user authentication using LDAP and NFS?

I am trying to configure my server to authenticate users using LDAP and save their home directories on a NFS-Directory, also located on the server. i.e.: I share a directory on my server: /nfsexport ...
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“slapadd: invalid option” when adding entries to ldap database

I am trying to add initial entries to my ldap database (CentOS release 5.11 -- LDAP version 2.3.43-29.el5_11 ) and for some reason i am getting the below error [root@centos openldap-servers-2.3.43]# ...
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OpenLDAP as a Proxy cache only, no local database

I am trying to get a local LDAP proxy cache running. The idea is this: Currently a computer (A) is sending all ldap requests to a remote ldap server (L) Instead of that, there should be a proxy ...
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openldap synchronize with local users and groups

I have a server running openldap 2.4.31 in which I store my user and group posix accounts. How can I automatically copy the user and group accounts on the first login so that if the machine ...
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read-only ldap client setup

I have a Debian Linux box hosted on the cloud that I want to provide mail services with (Postfix/Dovecot). I want it to access my openLDAP server at home for authentication and to provide users email ...
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Unable to run OpenLDAP on freeBSD

I've installed openLDAP on my FreeBSD machine. When I try to run the service, I get the following error. Unrecognized database type (mdb) Can someone point me towards what could be wrong?
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Why is my traffic not encrypted when using pam_radius_auth?

I'm experimenting with Freeradius and have configured an ssh gateway to use pam_radius_auth to my ldap servers. In /etc/pam_radius_auth.conf I have: 10.1.1.21 ny3fa4bu7my6ku7 3 10.1.1.22 ...
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SASL fails to with against LDAP

So I am running into a whirlwind of issues with my cyrus install. I am setting up a multi-domain kolab groupware solution. I am on centos 6.7 I am getting this flooding my error logs when I try to ...
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Restarting LDAP client service

I have modified ldap.conf and slapd.conf. I'm wondering how I can restart the ldap/client service, filesystem/autofs and name-service/cache. OS: Solaris 11 but advice on linux should help too
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LDAP replication issues (duplication)

I initially thought this question might be more appropriate for SO, however as I believe it's more of a configuration problem I have posted it here. I'm running LDAP 2.4 on RHEL 6.4. I have 2 LDAP ...
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Why are my OpenSSH keys stored in OpenLDAP returned base64 encoded

I'm doing an experiment on my Ubuntu server and have stored OpenSSH keys in the OpenLDAP server. There are enough examples around how to achieve this. A good source is this one. Somehow my keys are ...
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Kerberos/LDAP login fails - remove Preauth?

Using a Debian system with a Kerberos/LDAP client - login fails on KDE as a user directory isn't being created. SSH is successful (and no directory is created); however, desktop login isn't. I've ...
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How to automate (copy) LDAP/Kereberos install

I have several machines running Debian that I'm configuring to work with Kerberos and LDAP. I thought I would automate using rsync. At first I tried a basic rsync clone excluding directories and ...
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OpenLDAP: Invalid syntax error when trying to add LDIF

I keep getting an invalid syntax error when trying to create a user in OpenLDAP (CentOS 7). This is a new install of OpenLDAP for testing purposes. So far I've managed to create a group called "Lab ...
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How Can I Set Up DNS Server on Virtual Network w/out Internet?

I'm trying to set up a virtual network populated with 4 CentOS 7 servers for testing purposes. I have successfully configured a Kerberos server and a secondary Kerberos server. However, when it ...
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How to uninstall OpenLDAP in RedHat?

I have installed OpenLDAP with yum, but I have accidentally deleted some of the config files. I am not able to recover them. I want to uninstall it. I tried the following command but it ends with an ...
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OpenLDAP - ACL control - Full access to user

I need to create a ACL that give to user a full write to rootdn. I tried that: access to * by dn="cn=replicator,o=rootdomain" write But I get the some message. error 50 "Insufficient ...
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OpenLDAP's cn=config is not getting fully replicated

I've got OpenLDAP 2.4.39 master and a read-only replica, using the cn=config aka "OLC" configuration (as oppose to the older slapd.conf method). Replication works for data (user accounts, etc) but ...
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How to create two DIT's in the openldap

this is the file my first DIT. # AUTO-GENERATED FILE - DO NOT EDIT!! Use ldapmodify. # CRC32 78ca14ea dn: olcDatabase={1}hdb objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig objectClass: olcHdbConfig olcDatabase: ...
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What are the other alternative to test a LDAP connection on linux machine

I have Linux machine, Redhat 5.8, that gets data via LDAP. For an unclear reason, I can’t get the data via LDAP. I see that from /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure the problem is that the ...
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what is the right ldapsearch version for my linux red-hat machine

I am little a confused about the following: I want to install the binary ldapsearch tool on my Linux machine, in order to use this tool to test LDAP connections with my Linux (Linux version 5.8 , ...
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OpenLDAP: How to add home directory for users?

I am experimenting with an OpenLDAP-Server and I'm not sure how to add /home directories for users. Also where are the files stored? If a user creates a file on a Windows machine in the domain, where ...
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ldap user on samba share

I have two servers: one is ldap and the other is samba. I have an existing user on the ldap server for an ldap client. Now I want to use this user account with samba to give share access permissions ...
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Force OpenSSH / pam / pam_ldapd to do pam_ldapd(sshd:auth) with public-key authentication

I have working pam_ldap authentication using libpam_ldapd. I'm using slapo-nssov and want to use loginStatus attribute which is added to users ldap entry after opening pam session and deleted when its ...
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Ubuntu Postfix Open LDAP integration - no SASL authentication mechanisms

Ive followed all the steps in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix/DovecotLDAP but I am getting a localhost postfix/smtpd[12520]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms in my ...
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How to integrate Request Tracker 4.0 with Open LDAP in Debian?

I want my ldap users to log in to RTand see the tickets. I have gone through RT documentation but it's a bit complicated for me as I'm just a starter. I do understand that I gotta edit ...
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Existing LDAP object not showing in ldapsearch

I have a couple of LDAP servers, redundant with replication enabled. I'm having trouble with Apache Directory Studio not being able to fetch the base DN of one of these LDAP servers, showing an ...
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Can't get OpenLDAP and Pam LDAP working at all

Yesterday, I set up an OpenLDAP server and tried to configure it to be useful for SSH. Followed these two guides from DigitalOcean: ...
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How to using Zimbra LDAP authentication to svn

I'm using Zimbra mail with LDAP extension. Now, I want to use Zimbra mail authentication accept to SVN (web server Apache). eg: config SVN in web server for me: AuthLDAPURL ...
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OpenLDAP migration across different distros

I have an openldap server running on Xandros I want to move openldap to CentOS. I am new at Linux (Windows and MAC admin) Would it be better to backup the current schema to another server and run ...
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LDAP: Local and remote user with same username

I have configured an openLDAP server with LDAP user and group ids beginning at 10000. My client successfully binds to the LDAP server via ldapsearch. Additionally, getent passwd|group returns a full ...
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OpenLdap - restore backup - slapcat/slapadd

Im using slapcat to make backup like this: slapcat -n 1 > ${BACKUP_PATH}/ldap.domain.com.ldif Then import using slapadd: slapadd -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -n 1 -l ldap.domain.com.ldif I can't ...
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Is it possible to login to a Linux machine with AD credentials without the machine beeing member of the AD?

I'm asking because as far as I know this is not possible with Windows machines since it's mandatory that a Windows machine is known to the AD in order to login with AD credentials. Is it possible to ...
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Setup LDAP client on RHEL 6.5

I am preparing for RHCSA exams and trying to setup LDAP client on my RHEL 6.5 box I am connecting to the online testing LDAP server Here I don't understand the relationship among following 3 files, ...
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How to disconnect a server from LDAP

I have a Fedora server configured for LDAP. However, the LDAP server is gone, and now I'm unable to SSH into it. I've rebooted the server into single-user mode, brought up eth0 and started sshd, but ...
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Active Directory to OpenLDAP synchronisation

We have a domain controller with Active Directory with a number of basic users with custom attributes. We are looking for a way to synchronise the active directory users to OpenLDAP (currently running ...
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Mirror mode openldap perfromance is slow when either mirrored node fails

I'm managing two openldap servers in mirrored mode. When either server fails ldap performs poorly, 30 seconds to several minutes to authenticate. Affected services include ssh and X11 (XDMCP). A ...