[Freeipa-users] nss_ldap: Can't contact LDAP server

[Edward Popoola]

Thank you. I was able to establish connectivity again after disabling the
firewall.



On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Simo Sorce <ssorce at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 18:57 +0100, Edward Popoola wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just joined this list and I was wondering if anyone could help with
> > my problem or provide a link to a similar discussion if it has been
> > held before.
> >
> > I successfully installed the redhat IPA on the server and on one
> > client for starters. On the server, after creating ipa users through
> > the web interface, I'm able to switch to the new ipa user (i had to
> > edit the add the pam_mkdir module in the login and su pam.d files)
> >
> > However trying to switch user from the ipa-client is telling me
> > 'account does not exist' ...
> >
> > Part of my  /etc/nsswitch file on the client and on the server has the
> > entry
> > .
> > passwd:     files ldap
> > shadow:     files ldap
> > group:      files ldap
> >
> > The log file on the ipa-client is given below:
> >
> > Nov 21 14:12:33 phbdnssrv su: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server
> > ldap://ipaserver.mydomain.com: Can't contact LDAP server
> > Nov 21 14:12:33 phbdnssrv su: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server -
> > Server is unavailable
> > Nov 21 15:44:49 phbdnssrv su: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server
> > ldap://ipaserver.mydomain.com: Can't contact LDAP server
> > Nov 21 15:44:49 phbdnssrv su: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server -
> > Server is unavailable
>
> You probably have network issues or a firewall blocking your access to
> the ldap server.
>
> Simo.
>
> --
> Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York
>
>


-- 
Edward Popoola (RHCE, SCSA, C|EH)
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