ldap configuration

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 18:26 +0200, awatef harbaoui wrote:
> hello!
> I've configured the file slapd.conf and the problem is that when i write the command "ldapadd -x -W -h localhost -D "cn=root,dc=localhost,dc=localdomain" "
> in the shell, it asks me the password and when i tape the corrrect password i get no answer
> please tell me what to do?
> 
> command:
> [root at localhost openldap]# ldapadd -x -W -h localhost -D
>  "cn=root,dc=localhost,dc=localdomain"
> Enter LDAP Password:
> 
> 
> this is what i get when i tape a wrong password:
> 
> [root at localhost openldap]# ldapadd -x -W -h localhost -D "cn=root,dc=localhost,dc=localdomain"
> Enter LDAP Password:
> ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
> 
> here is the content of the file slapd.conf:
> 
> 
> # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. 
> # This file should NOT be world readable. 
> # include  /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema 
> include  /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema 
> include  /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
> include  /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema  
> # Allow LDAPv2 client connections.  This is NOT the default. allow bind_v2  
> # 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.pid argsfile /var/run/slapd.args  
> # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath /usr/sbin/openldap 
> # moduleload back_bdb.la 
> # moduleload back_ldap.la 
> # moduleload back_ldbm.la 
> # moduleload back_passwd.la
> # moduleload back_shell.la  
> # The next three lines allow use of TLS for encrypting connections using a 
> # dummy test certificate which you can generate by changing to 
> # /usr/share/ssl/certs, running "make slapd.pem", and fixing permissions on 
> # slapd.pem so that the ldap user or group can read it.  Your client software 
> # may balk at self-signed certificates, however. 
> # TLSCACertificateFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt 
> # TLSCertificateFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/slapd.pem 
> # TLSCertificateKeyFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/slapd.pem  
> # 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 
> #  Allow authenticated users read access 
> #  Allow anonymous users to authenticate 
> # Directives needed to implement policy: 
> # access to dn.base="" by * read 
> # access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read 
> # access to * # by self write # by users read 
> # by anonymous auth # 
> # 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!  
> ####################################################################### #
> ldbm and/or bdb database definitions
>  
> #######################################################################  
> database bdb
> suffix  "dc=localhost,dc=localdomain" 
> rootdn  "cn=root,dc=localhost,dc=localdomain" 
> # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should 
> # be avoided.  See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. 
> # Use of strong authentication encouraged.
> # rootpw  secret 
> # rootpw  {crypt}ijFYNcSNctBYg  
> # 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 for this database index objectClass                       eq,pres index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname     
>  eq,pres,sub index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell   
>  eq,pres index uid,memberUid                     
> eq,pres,sub index nisMapName,nisMapEntry           
>  eq,pres,sub 
>  # Replicas of this database 
> #replogfile
>  /var/lib/ldap/openldap-master-replog 
> #replica host=ldap-1.example.com:389 starttls=critical 
> #     bindmethod=sasl saslmech=GSSAPI 
> #     authcId=host/ldap-master.example.com at EXAMPLE.COM 
> rootpw  {SSHA}kuT0cfxPxTVMRmrMVw+HDBr1IYSCkgcA 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
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make sure the 'ldap' user and group own the data directory and set to
700 per above...

chown ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap -R

Craig