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Re: Proxy Auth Question



----- "Yeargan Yancey" <yancey@unt.edu> wrote:

> My goal is to configure OpenLDAP as a proxy to provide e-mail  
> addresses to the public (via anonymous simple binds) using an LDAP  
> back-end which requires authenticated simple binds.
> 
> Public ccess to this server will be anonymous only and read-only.  All
>  
> non-anonymous bind attempts are transformed to anonymous using authz-
> 
> regexp ".+" "dn:".
> 
> However, I need all binds to the back-end LDAP service to use a  
> specific account. I've looked at the docs and the list archives for  
> information related to "idassert-bind" but I'm not understanding it  
> well enough.
> 
> I tried this ...
> 
> idassert-authzFrom "dn:*"
> idassert-bind    bindmethod="simple"
>                   binddn="cn=info,o=org"
>                   credentials="password"
> 
> but that does not seem to be working for me.  I'm getting anonymous  
> binds on the back-end.  Is it possible to do what I'm asking?  If so, 

you're missing the "mode=none" parameter.

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
OpenLDAP Core Team

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