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Re: Searching a different ou

by Andrew Morgan :: Rate this Message:

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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Quentin Smith wrote:

> Both the old and the new servers are using debian, but both are using the
> same/etc/ldap.conf file. If I edit the base line in the /etc/ldap.conf file
> from
>
> base dc=et,dc=byu,dc=edu
>
> to
>
> base ou=caedm,dc=et,dc=byu,dc=edu
>
> none of the users are able to authenticate.
>
>
> Perhaps it is these entries that are to blame? I don't see anywhere else in
> the file where ou=caedm has been specified, but even on these lines, it
> doesn't specify to search with ou=accounts.
>
> nss_base_passwd ou=caedm,dc=et,dc=byu,dc=edu?sub
> nss_base_shadow ou=caedm,dc=et,dc=byu,dc=edu?sub
> nss_base_group ou=groups,ou=caedm,dc=et,dc=byu,dc=edu?sub

Debian's packages for libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap do NOT use
/etc/ldap.conf.  That file is for configuring your OpenLDAP server.  Have
a look at /etc/pam_ldap.conf and /etc/libnss-ldap.conf.

  Andy

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