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OpenLDAP Software is a free, open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project. LDAP is a platform-independent protocol for querying and modifying data using directory services running over TCP/IP.

OpenLDAP Software is a free, open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project. LDAP is a platform-independent protocol for querying and modifying data using directory services running over TCP/IP.

It is released under its own BSD-style license called the OpenLDAP Public License. The OpenLDAP Project was started in 1998 by Kurt Zeilenga which was initially based on a clone of the LDAP reference implementation from the University of Michigan.

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OpenLdap synchronize home directory between client and server

I have recently setup Ubuntu ldap client authentication on karmic and lucid desktop clients and the ldap server is running on an 10.04 LTS server and this is the link I followed for client setup and probably this also works for 11.04. I could able…
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ldapadd/ldapmodify: clarifications needed about these commands

The ldapmodify man page states that: The default for ldapmodify is to modify existing entries Yet when I try to import an LDIF file with ldapmodify I get the below error: ldapmodify: modify operation type is missing at line X Q1: Why, which…
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LDAP change user pass on client

I am trying to allow ldap users to change their password on client machines. I have tried pam every which way I can think of /etc/ldap.conf & /etc/pam_ldap.conf, as well. At this point I'm stuck. Client: Ubuntu 11.04 Server: Debian 6.0 The…
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How to set ulimits in Solaris 10

I normally use pam_limits.so and /etc/security/limits.conf to set ulimits on file size, CPU time, etc. for the regular users logging in to my server running Ubuntu. What is the best way of doing something similar with Solaris 10? I think it is done…
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samba+openldap vs ad for medium size network

We are going to have an organized network with an NT user authentication and proxy server. In choosing between Active Directory and Samba Server, I wanted to choose Samba server (I do love Open Source ). Our plan has a Forest (root : [domainname])…
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How can Samba be configured to use LDAP for authentication only?

I'm looking to set up a new Samba file share that uses LDAP for back-end authentication. The LDAP server is already set up, and the machine the Samba server will be on is already set up to allow SSH access using LDAP authentication. It seems the…
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openldap sizelimit. Can't receive more than 500 entries

I can't receive more than 500 entries, when I query my openldap-server. Although I made the following changes: slapd.conf # This is the main slapd configuration file. See slapd.conf(5) for more # info on the configuration options. …
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ldap_result: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

G'day, I configured openldap-server machine which is running on port 636. I can also telnet to this port from another openldap-client machine. To secure the connection, I created a self-signed certificate on the server using this link enter link…
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OpenLDAP proxy cache not retrieving entries

I need to set up a local LDAP proxy cache which connects to our central Active Directory server. OpenLDAP Proxy Cache looks just like the thing. But following the manpages as closely as possible, I am not able to get it working. I am able to proxy…
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how can I use openssl to download my ldap cert over port 389 instead of 636 (TLS)?

I've used to use the following command to download my server SSL certs from LDAP in order to add them to tomcat/java keystores: openssl s_client -connect 10.140.136.192:636 Since LDAP SSL (port 636) has been deprecated, I don't have port 636…
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what does the ldapadd error: "additional info: objectClass: value #3 invalid per syntax mean?

I have the ldif dn: olcOverlay=ppolicy,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config objectClass: top objectClass: olcConfig objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcPPolicyConfig olcOverlay: ppolicy olcPPolicyDefault:…
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What's the best OpenLDAP VMWare appliance (VM) that you USED?

What's the best OpenLDAP VMWare appliance (VM) that you USED?
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Caching OpenLDAP credentials for offline use on laptops

Our clients (Ubuntu 14.04) can login with there LDAP login. As soon as they have no network they cannot login with LDAP. Is there a way to cache those passwords and usernames, so that the laptops can work if they don't have an LDAP connection?
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openLDAP how to remove the nis schema from the current configuration

openLDAP 2.4 Ubuntu 14.04 I have found this question dn-based linux groups from ldap. I am trying to include the rfc2307bis schema, but it seems the nis schema must be removed from the configuration before including rfc2307bis. How can I remove this…
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Linux console is unusable when LDAP server is down

When our OpenLDAP server lost power the CentOS machines' console became nearly unusable. We were trying to login with a local account, but each command would take minutes to return. Even simple commands like ls were just sitting there. This does…
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