[Freeipa-users] Using FreeIPA for LDAP authentication in 3rd party applications

[Jakub Hrozek]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 04:18:49PM +0300, Thomas Raehalme wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Martin Kosek <mkosek at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I was just referring to fact, that when a system or application uses LDAP as an
> > identity and authentication source, it often use simple LDAP Bind operation
> > (i.e. accessing LDAP with user+password or) when testing if the user accessing
> > the application provided the right credentials.
> 
> Yes, that's true at least for some applications. Does the LDAP in
> FreeIPA allow that kind of login by default for IPA users? If not, is
> it possible to enable it somehow?
> 
> Best regards,
> Thomas Raehalme

The simple binds should be enabled by default in IPA.