Re: ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server

[Kim Henderson <kim@aerofil.com>]

Fixed it!  I checked my /var/log/messages file and discovered that I had a
problem with hosts.allow because I'm running multiple interfaces. Port
389 was not accessible.

Thanks,

Kim

"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:

> At 09:40 AM 6/23/99 -0500, Kim Henderson wrote:
> >I've looked through much documentation, but I am stuck at this
> >error..Any information would be appreciated.
> >
> >I'm using Redhat 6.0 and just installed the openldap-1_2_3-1.......rpms.
> >I followed the (RPM Specific) instructions for creating the database. As
> >far as I can tell it creates the files and ldap does start, but when I
> >type the following I get an error.
> >
> >ldapsearch -b 'o=ATI, c=US' 'objectClass=*'
> >ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server
>
> I suspect the server failed to start, likely due to
>         1) configuration error
>         2) unable to bind to a priveledged port.

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