OpenLDAP setup on Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2

[David Hopkins]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Scott Balneaves <sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 02:18:28PM -0500, David Hopkins wrote:
> > I simply need the ldap client to authenticate my existing CentOS based
> > Openldap server.  However, when I try to use
> >
> > sudo apt-get install libnss-ldapd libpam-ldapd
> >
> > I get
> >
> > Couldn't find package libpam-ldapd
> >
> > This is a base install of edubuntu.  Any ideas why it finds libnss-ldapd
> but
> > not libpam?
>
> I think you're looking for:
>
> sbalneav at 3jane:~$ apt-cache search libpam-ldap
> libpam-ldap - Pluggable Authentication Module for LDAP
>
> No 'd' on the end.
>

Actually, I found it in a supposed backport from lucid to karmic?  Anyhow, I
downloaded the .deb packages and then used dpkg to install them.  Had to
also install nslcd as well.  It asked a few questions about my ldap server
and ... doesn't work.

If I su to root, I get and LDAP open_session failed message ... and then if
I exit that session, I get a  LDAP closed_session failed message.  Also, I
can't su to any of my ldap users. I get 'not found' for the ID.

I'll add that I also installed the packages required for NFS client to work
and that does work. So ...

I'll have now tried installing libpam-ldap instead

libpam-ldapd was uninstalled in the process.  I answered the questions (ldap
server, distinguished name, version, etc) and ... it still doesn't allow me
to su to a known user.   I'm probably missing something simple at this point
but ...  I know we've discussed this over on the edubuntu user list but ...
it sure would be nice if this 'just worked'  ;)  It just seems soooo close.

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins


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