Ok sorry about that. Reposted in Linux Setup. Thanks for the correction. If the Moderator could close this that would be great.
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Browse All TopicsI currently trying to setup a openldap server and having issues with my slapd.conf. I can get the server up and running but I can only login via anonymous. Right now security is not a concern as this is running in a test environment.
my slapd.conf
#
# See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options.
# This file should NOT be world readable.
#
include /etc/openldap/schema/core.
include /etc/openldap/schema/cosin
include /etc/openldap/schema/ineto
include /etc/openldap/schema/rfc23
include /etc/openldap/schema/yast.
# Define global ACLs to disable default read access.
# Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory
# service AND an understanding of referrals.
#referral ldap://root.openldap.org
pidfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.pid
argsfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.args
# Load dynamic backend modules:
modulepath /usr/lib/openldap/modules
# moduleload back_ldap.la
# moduleload back_meta.la
# moduleload back_monitor.la
# moduleload back_perl.la
##########################
##########################
#password hash
password-hash {CLEARTEXT}
# Sample security restrictions
# Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking)
# Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates
# Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind
# security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64
# Sample access control policy:
# Root DSE: allow anyone to read it
# Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it
# Other DSEs:
# Allow self write access to user password
# Allow anonymous users to authenticate
# Allow read access to everything else
# Directives needed to implement policy:
access to dn.base=""
by * read
access to dn.base="cn=Subschema"
by * read
access to attr=userPassword,userPKCS
by self write
by * auth
access to attr=shadowLastChange
by self write
by * read
access to *
by * read
# if no access controls are present, the default policy
# allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts
# updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read")
#
# rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING!
##########################
# BDB database definitions
##########################
database bdb
checkpoint 1024 5
cachesize 10000
suffix "dc=somename,dc=com"
rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=somename,dc
# Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should
# be avoid. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details.
# Use of strong authentication encouraged.
rootpw {CLEARTEXT}secret
# The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND
# should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools.
# Mode 700 recommended.
directory /var/lib/ldap
# Indices to maintain
index objectClass eq
(EOF)
As you can see I used Manager for rootdn and rootpw is text ...secret
slaptest gives this result
config file testing suceeded
Segmentation Fault
None the less the server still starts and works and you can login with anonymous. I can browse with phpLDAPadmin and Softerra LDAP browser. When I login with Manager the auth fails. In order to add enteries to the LDAP server you need to login with rootdn user account. Something is wrong somewhere or I am missing something. Any help would be great.
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by: fridomPosted on 2005-11-10 at 23:42:27ID: 15271954
I'm afraid this is not a BDB question, you should ask this in Linux Setup questions. Even if LDAP depends on BDB that does not mean it's BDB problem. You have to check the OpenLDAP documentation and you have to check the permissions of the Database in /var/lib.
Regards
Friedrich