Ah yes, seems to work much better now. I was wondering how this worked since I thought ldap* commands were tied to /etc/openldap/ldap.conf. I still haven't figured out where these commands are connected to, but I guess as I go through this I'll figure it out. On to page 81 of ds71admin.pdf. Thanks Morris, Patrick wrote: >Are you using the utilities from FDS, or the OpenLDAP ones? If the >ones from OpenLDAP, you can try adding "-x" to the command line to use >simple authentication. > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com >>[mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf >>Of Jim Patterson >>Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 6:42 PM >>To: Fedora Directory server users >>Subject: [Fedora-directory-users]command line not working >> >>newbie >>I was able to set up directory server and import the >>Example.ldif into the server (using console). But whenever I >>try and do a command line modify,delete or search I get the >>following errors. >>My server was set up to run on port 42645 and I also tried port 389. >>This is my second install the first was typical and the >>second was express. I must have missed something in the >>documentation. >> >>[root at station100 ldif]# ldapdelete -D "cn=Directory Manager, >>dc=example,dc=com"-wpassword -h station100 -p 42645 "cn=Ted >>Morris,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" >>ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Local error (-2) >>[root at station100 ldif]# ldapdelete -D "cn=Directory Manager, >>dc=example,dc=com"-wpassword -h station100 -p 389 "cn=Ted >>Morris,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" >>SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started >>ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method (-6) >> additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available: >> >> >>-- >>Fedora-directory-users mailing list >>Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >> >> >> > >-- >Fedora-directory-users mailing list >Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > >