Is the digest-md5 or other sasl mechs installed (some distros did the mechs as sep rpms, don't recall what RH did)? Can you do any sasl binds with ldapsearch with the dn of: cn=waltz_shelley,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu -----Original Message----- From: cyrus-sasl-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cyrus-sasl-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley Waltz Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:38 AM To: cyrus-sasl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: LDAP auth failure I read through all the posts on similar issues and tried various configurations, but my testsaslauth still fails. This should not be so difficult, but I just can seem to figure it out. RHEL 5 cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-4 openldap-2.3.27-8 /etc/init.d/slapd.conf # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cabm-person.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema include /etc/openldap/slapd.acls # Allow LDAPv2 client connections. This is NOT the default. allow bind_v2 # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral ldap://root.openldap.org pidfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.args # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath /usr/lib/openldap # moduleload back_bdb.la # moduleload back_ldap.la # moduleload back_ldbm.la # moduleload back_passwd.la # moduleload back_shell.la # The next three lines allow use of TLS for encrypting connections using a # dummy test certificate which you can generate by changing to # /etc/pki/tls/certs, running "make slapd.pem", and fixing permissions on # slapd.pem so that the ldap user or group can read it. Your client software # may balk at self-signed certificates, however. TLSCACertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt TLSCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem TLSCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem # Sample security restrictions # Require integrity protection (prevent hijacking) # Require 112-bit (3DES or better) encryption for updates # Require 63-bit encryption for simple bind # security ssf=1 update_ssf=112 simple_bind=64 # Sample access control policy: # Root DSE: allow anyone to read it # Subschema (sub)entry DSE: allow anyone to read it # Other DSEs: # Allow self write access # Allow authenticated users read access # Allow anonymous users to authenticate # Directives needed to implement policy: # access to dn.base="" by * read # access to dn.base="cn=Subschema" by * read # access to * # by self write # by users read # by anonymous auth # # if no access controls are present, the default policy # allows anyone and everyone to read anything but restricts # updates to rootdn. (e.g., "access to * by * read") # # rootdn can always read and write EVERYTHING! ####################################################################### # ldbm and/or bdb database definitions ####################################################################### database bdb suffix "dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu" rootdn "cn=roadrunner.cabm.rutgers.edu,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu" checkpoint 1024 30 # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should # be avoided. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. # Use of strong authentication encouraged. # rootpw secret rootpw {MD5}s1VGPKQuI+rRKYM1jtPp+g== # The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND # should only be accessible by the slapd and slap tools. # Mode 700 recommended. directory /var/lib/ldap # Indices to maintain for this database index objectClass eq,pres index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,pres,sub index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres index uid,memberUid eq,pres,sub index nisMapName,nisMapEntry eq,pres,sub /etc/saslauthd.conf ldap_servers: ldap://localhost/ ldap_version: 3 ldap_timeout: 10 ldap_timelimit: 10 ldap_cache_ttl: 30 ldap_cache_mem: 32768 ldap_restart: yes ldap_scope: sub ldap_search_base: dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu ldap_auth_method: bind ldap_bind_dn: cn=roadrunner.cabm.rutgers.edu,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu ldap_password: {MD5}s1VGPKQuI+rRKYM1jtPp+g== ldap_filter: uid=%u ldap_debug: 128 ldap_verbose: 1 ldap_ssl: no If I use ... ldapsearch -x -W -b 'dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu' -H ldap:/// -D 'cn=roadrunner.cabm.rutgers.edu,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu' '(objectclass=*) I am prompted for the ldap password and a listing of my database ensues. If I try ... testsaslauthd -s ldap -u shelley -p xxxxxx I get ... 0: NO "authentication failed" and in the log file ... Nov 26 11:01:34 roadrunner saslauthd[13187]: Authentication failed for shelley: Bind to ldap server failed (invalid user/password or insufficient access) (-7) Nov 26 11:01:34 roadrunner saslauthd[13187]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=shelley] [service=ldap] [realm=] [mech=ldap] [reason=Unknown] I can use luma with/without TLS to browse/edit the database. The LDAP entry for the above attempted auth looks like ... dn: cn=waltz_shelley,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu sn: waltz givenName: shelley objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: CABMPerson objectClass: posixAccount o: CABM uid: shelley mail: shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx status: a userPassword:: e2NyeXB0fSQxJHdKWlZWcmVDJFdRUEJpLy9wbC5iMHNPRmMxYzI5QS4= cn: waltz_shelley What can I try in order to figure this out? Many thanks. S NOTICE: This E-mail may contain confidential information. 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