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by Alex Samad :: Rate this Message:

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can the user login via a console does that work
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:55:57AM -0800, Jyotishmaan wrote:
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> Dear pam_ldap experts,
>
[snip]

> [root@authdns etc]# ldapwhoami SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
> Please enter your password:
> ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49)
>         additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database
> [root@authdns etc]#

you are trying to bind with sasl is that setup , you might want to try
ldapwhoami with -D

>
> Also please see the log of /var/log/messages file for the errors when the
> user ldapusr/ jmaan tried logging onto the LDAP server machine, through the
> GUI of Linux fedora os.
>
>
> Dec 12 14:30:41 authdns gdm[4091]: Couldn't authenticate user
> Dec 12 14:30:50 authdns gdm[4091]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user
> "uid=jmaan,stornt=non-teach,bn=compcen,dc=nits,dc=ac,dc=in" (Invalid
> credentials)
sounds like password problems

try

ldapseach -D "uid=jmaan,stornt=non-teach,bn=compcen,dc=nits,dc=ac,dc=in" -x

once that is working then move on to the pam problem


[snip]

might also want to try login in via a console as well

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>
> Please kindly let me where and why my authentication is failing ???
>
> With Warm Cheering Regards,
> Jyotishmaan http://www.nabble.com/file/p14292650/ldap.conf ldap.conf
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