Re: [Fwd] Net::LDAP api talking to Netscape Directory server

[<ma...@mj...>]

On 3 Apr 01, at 15:03, Ron Hall wrote:

> > > 
> > Did you actually encode it with SHA-1 before putting it into the
> > slapd.conf file?
> 
>  The configuration tool provided by Netscape was happy to do it for
>  me.....
Doh! stupid question, sorry.
> 
> 
> > Normally it's the other way around for me :). I've used Netscape
> > since alpha-1 DS 1.0 and never had this type of problem.
> > 
> > I think the password is encoded incorrectly. 
> 
>  How would I know :)
sounds ok.
> 
> > 
> > 48 is 48=Inappropriate authentication
> > 
> > Can you send me or the list a copy of the code you're 
> > using.
> > 
> 
>  The code is awfully generic
> 
> #!/opt/bin/perl
> 
> use Net::LDAP;
> 
> $ldap = Net::LDAP->new('directory.mcgill.ca') or die "$@";
> $result = $ldap->bind (
>         dn => 'cn=Directory Manager, o=McGill, c=CA',
>         password => '--------'
>         );
Try this instead
$result = $ldap->bind('cn=Directory Manager, o=McGill, c=CA', 
password => '......');

or even this
$result = $ldap->bind('cn=Directory Manager', password => '....');

normally the Netscape directory manager is just cn=Directory 
Manager unless you specifically modified it.

Mark
> 
> $result->code && warn "failed to bind due to  ", $result->code;
> 
> > Also which version of the Netscape Directory server?
> 
>  3.1
> 
> 
> 
> 


Mark Wilcox
ma...@mj...
Got LDAP?