That's because the authenticators need to verify WHERE to authenticate via dns...so the look for the special SRV entries that AD has for _kerberos and _ldap, if he can't get a response on those entries, then it is assumed that they are unreachable. On Thursday 21 April 2005 10:21 am, Babs wrote: > Hi > As the linuxbox access the Win2K box running ADS for > getting the user authenticated using squid_ldap_auth, > when the machine running DNS goes down linuxbox is > not able to reach the Win2K box running ADS I suppose. > As soon as the DNS system came back to life > authentication is working fine. Anyone can tell me > more why this happens? > Thanx & regards > Babs > > --- greylake <greylake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What exactly did you have to do with your DNS ? > > > > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 19:16, Babs wrote: > > > Hi All! > > > At last I found out whats causing this trouble. It > > > > is > > > > > my DNS was causing this whole problem. If you get > > > > this > > > > > error make sure your DNS is working properly. Even > > > though I had specified the servers in hosts file > > > > still > > > > > somehow it was using my DNS which was pointing > > > > outside > > > > > my network. I thought this reply will help someone > > > > who > > > > > may get the same problem > > > > > > Thanx all of you there > > > regards > > > Babs > > > > > > --- Babs <arvbab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I am facing the same problem once again, the > > > > authentication from the browser appears > > > > repeatedly > > > > > > and > > > > gives a authentication error. cache.log reports > > > > "Squid_Ldap_Auth error: Cant Contact LDAP > > > > Server". > > > > > > This time I made sure things are fine with Msbox > > > > and > > > > > > with a nmap, I could see the ldap ports in msbox > > > > and > > > > > > a > > > > netstat shows me a connection established to > > > > msbox > > > > > > ldap port. Also I could successfully telnet into > > > > the > > > > > > msbox ldap port from squid box. Also I could use > > > > ldapsearch tool without any trouble. > > > > As previously Marc suggested to telnet msbox 445 > > > > port > > > > is working without any problem. I restarted my > > > > msbox > > > > > > like the previously but this time I am still > > > > getting > > > > the same error. > > > > > > > > Anyone can give me some idea what might be the > > > > problem? > > > > Thanx in advance > > > > Babs > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over > > > > 17,000 guides! > > > > > http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- Michael Wray AimConnect, an S4F Inc. Company 918.524.1010 ext 106 mwray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.aimconnect.com
