RE: sasl_regexp: won't work with internal search URL

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Charles Owens

> Howdy,
>
> I've been able to successfully use sasl_regexp in its more
> basic form...
> directly mapping an authorization DN to a real entry DN.
> I'm coming up
> dry, however, when trying to have slapd search for the
> authententicating
> user's entry.  This technique is documented in Admin Guide section
> 10.2.5.   Is anyone out there using this technique in
> production?

> Are there any known gotchas with it?

Well for one thing, the DN you search for has to actually exist.

You originally set up an example using "ou=people,dc=enc,dc=edu" and then you
changed it to search for "ou=person,dc=enc,dc=edu" and the slapd log
indicates that there is no such DN in your database.

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