Hello commented out "ssl start_tls" and added "ssl on" , in ldap.conf file get below errors in /var/log/secure file :- Jul 24 15:55:40 matrix sshd[2480]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=matrix.trues.co.uk user=test1 Jul 24 15:55:40 matrix sshd[2480]: pam_ldap: ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server Jul 24 15:55:40 matrix sshd[2480]: pam_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... Jul 24 15:55:40 matrix sshd[2480]: pam_ldap: ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server Jul 24 15:55:42 matrix sshd[2480]: Failed password for test1 from 192.168.1.129 port 59436 ssh2 where the server matrix is FDS what I did was from FDS "ssh matrix.trues.co.uk -l test1" where test1 users exists in ldap dir Regards Dharmin Hi, Can you check What happens if you specify ssl start_tls instead of "ssl on" Regards Niranjan On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Dharmin Mandalia wrote: > > Hello Nalin and all > > I just added "ssl on" to below /etc/ldap.conf file and get below error > msg in var/log/secure file :- > > > sshd[6212]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user test1 > sshd[6248]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 > euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=192.168.1.1 user=test1 > sshd[6248]: Accepted password for test1 from 192.168.1.1 port 47171 ssh2 > sshd[6248]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user test1 by > (uid=0) > sshd[6248]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user test1 > sshd[6284]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 > euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=192.168.1.1 user=test1 > sshd[6284]: pam_ldap: ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server > shd[6284]: pam_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... > sshd[6284]: pam_ldap: ldap_simple_bind Can't contact LDAP server > sshd[6284]: Failed password for test1 from 192.168.1.1 port 47172 ssh2 > > With "ssl on" in ldap.conf, am unable to login via ssh > > any helpers please... > > regards > Dharmin > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:26:46 -0400 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> CC: fedora-directory-users at redhat.com >> Subject: Re: TLS Issue >> >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:11:59PM +0000, Dharmin Mandalia wrote: >>> I've enabled TLS and am getting below error msg's in /var/log/secure > file on Fedora 9, which is my newly configured FDS , if disable TLS , am > able to ssh onto the FDS server and with TLS enabled unable to login via > ssh. >> [snip] >>> sshd[5487]: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server - Server is > unavailable >> [snip] >>> /etc/ldap.conf file on Fedora 9, (FDS server ) shows as :- >> [snip] >>> ssl start_tls >>> tls_checkpeer yes >>> tls_cacertfile /etc/openldap/cacerts/cacert.asc >>> pam_password md5 >>> uri ldap://127.0.0.1/ >>> tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts >> >> If you're using SSL or TLS, the LDAP client library is going to compare >> the names in the certificate that the server uses against the value that >> was given in the client's configuration (in this case "127.0.0.1"), and >> it looks like they're not matching up here. >> >> Typically the certificate uses an actual hostname as a "CN" value in its >> subject, so you'd need to specify the server URI using a hostname rather >> than an IP address to make sure that they match. >> >> If that's not what's going on here, please post a copy of the >> certificate that the server's using so that we can have a look. >> >> HTH, >> >> Nalin > _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008