<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Hello everybody and, firstly, thanks for your continued support. I hope I've used the correct expression/jargon, ie:PAM-LDAP ? PAM-LDAP works with LDAPS and binding with cn=Directory Manager/password hardcoded in /etc/ldap.conf - great stuff. This was configured using the GUI '/usr/sbin/system-config-authentication' - also great stuff ! Symbolic Link pointing to the CA certificate: Q1. I've searched the web but cannot find what purpose the symbolic link serves. ---------------------------------------- # ls -toalr /etc/openldap/cacerts -rw-r--r-- 1 root 1464 2009-03-10 12:21 authconfig_downloaded.pem lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 25 2009-03-10 12:21 123a856c.0 -> authconfig_downloaded.pem Client Certificate etc. -------------------------- I'm now experimenting with client certificates and have found the following link: <A href="http://lists.fini.net/pipermail/ldap-interop/2005-April/000421.html">http://lists.fini.net/pipermail/ldap-interop/2005-April/000421.html</A> and see the following example lines for the file /etc/ldap.conf: tls_cert /usr/share/ssl/certs/ldap.pem ($FN.pem in my case) tls_key /usr/share/ssl/certs/ldap.key.pem ($FN.key for me) Q2. ldap.key.pem: Is this file simply the $FN.key file created by the following command ? Will I have trouble if I specify '-passout' ? I assume it protects the file $FN.key. How will PAM-LDAP open the keystore if I have used a password ? openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout ${FN}.key -out ${FN}.csr -passout pass:<password> 0<< EOF >/dev/null 2>&1 <SNIP> Q3. ldap.pem: Is this file simply the $FN.pem file created by the following command ? openssl ca -in ${FN}.csr -out ${FN}.pem -days 7300 -keyfile $DIR/demoCA/private/cakey.pem \ -cert $DIR/demoCA/cacert.pem \ -passin pass:<CA PASSWORD> << EOF2 >/dev/null 2>&1 <SNIP> Thanks again, cdlt, ----------- <hr />Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. <a href='http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621' target='_new'>Check it out</a></body> </html>