Hi Thanks again for the response. I have managed to find some logs now that to Rich's message but I am unsure of what they mean: [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 fd=66 slot=66 connection from 83.140.187.52 to 83.140.187.43 [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 op=0 BIND dn="" method=128 version=3 [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=97 nentries=0 etime=0 dn="" [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 op=1 SRCH base="dc=sms,dc=mycompany,dc=com" scope=2 filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=pq))" attrs="uid userPassword uidNumber gidNumber cn homeDirectory loginShell gecos description objectClass" [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 op=1 RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=0 etime=0 [30/Jan/2009:10:28:49 -0500] conn=46 op=-1 fd=66 closed - B1 Does any one have any idea? Regards Per Qvindesland On 1/29/09 4:18 PM, "Rich Megginson" <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote: > Per Qvindesland wrote: >> Hi >> >> Thanks so much for responding to my post. >> >> I managed to find out this but from what I don't get is why after having >> installed and configured clients to authenticate towards the server >> correctly they still don't do it, I have looked for any log files that could >> give me some clue of what I have done rong but no luck the error log in the >> admin interface says nothing that is of use, I have also read the manual >> from one side to the other but I can not find anything that tells me what >> steps that I have been forgetting. >> >> Is there any error logs that it generats that it generates that can give me >> some more clues? >> > I'm not sure where pam and nss log - possibly /var/log/secure > You can see what searches are being performed against the directory > server by looking at /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-yourinstance/access >> Regards >> Per Qvindesland >> >> >> On 1/28/09 4:37 PM, "Rich Megginson" <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Per Qvindesland wrote: >>> >>>> Hi List >>>> >>>> After having installed Directory Server with no problems and created a test >>>> user account I then go ahead to configure a client to test the >>>> authentication to my new directory server, sadly after a reboot I can't >>>> login with my new user account that I created, I have spent a few days >>>> reading up about what the problem may be but until now I have had very >>>> little joy. >>>> >>>> If I try ldapsearch -v then I get error message: >>>> SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started >>>> Ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s:unknown authentication method (-6) >>>> additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available: >>>> >>>> >>> This is because the openldap ldapsearch client attempts SASL >>> authentication by default. You have to specify -x to make it use simple >>> (username/password or anonymous) authentication. >>> >>>> If i use ldapsearch -x then I get the output of a ldif file with all >>>> groups, >>>> users and domains available so there is apparently nothing rong with the >>>> communication, I truly belive that this is a security problem that sits >>>> somewhere but I have no idea. >>>> >>>> >>> I don't think this is a security problem. >>> >>>> Could anyone give me some pointers to how I could fix this problem? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Per Qvindesland >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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
