[Fedora-directory-users] Re: Can't authenticate to directory server

[Mont Rothstein]

I solved my own problem, partially, but there is still something I don't
understand.

My problem was in trying to use the Secure authentication type in my Windows
app. When I changed the authentication type to None (which in Windows
parlance means a simple bind) it worked. All of the entries I had made for
allowing my specific host access, and permissions I had granted the account
(adding the user to the Domain Admins) were unnecessary.

However, what I can't figure out is how to use any authentication that is
stronger. I presume that the Windows None/simple bind equates to Plain. My
supported sasl mechanisms are: external, plain, gssapi, digest-md5,
cram-md5, and anonymous.

Do I need to add to this list to communicate via stronger authentication
with my Windows app, and if so how do I add to this list?

Thanks,
-Mont


On 11/12/05, Mont Rothstein <mont.rothstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can't authenticate to my directory server from another machine.
>
> My directory server is running on RedHat ES4. I am trying to use Secure
> authentication (NTLM?) from a Windows C# .NET application. I suspect my
> problem is one of incorrect configuration on the directory server side.
>
> I can access the directory server from the Windows app using anonymous
> access.
>
> I created a user in the directory server and added that user to the
> Directory Administrators Group's ACI. I also added the IP address of the
> machine I am trying to communicate from to the Hosts list in the Directory
> Administrators Group ACI.
>
> I can login to the console using my user
> (uid=mont,ou=people,dc=foray,dc=com) on my Linux server. I have tried
> logging in from the Windows app using both the full RDN and simply the user
> name "mont". Neither work.
>
> Any ideas as to what needs to be done to enable authentication from a
> remote machine would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mont
>
>
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