Error in ldapsearch command

[Anthony Assi <Anthony.Assi@irisa.fr>]

Hi,

when running the following command from my machine:

[machine1]% ldapsearch -h ldapserver.domain.fr -p 389 -b 
dc=ldapserver,dc=fr mail=myEMail@domain.fr

I get:

SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method (-6)
       additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available:

although that when i run the same command from a different machine on 
the same network i am getting the result i need.
Note that on my local machine i have installed a testing server of 
openldap, but it is not configured yet, and it is not running yet!!

Any suggestions?