Re: Binding with an e-mail address

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Willie Gillespie wrote:
> Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction here.  Using just 
> simple binds (for now), I am trying to allow users to bind with just a 
> username or e-mail address and have OpenLDAP rewrite their bind to a 
> more complex DN for them before checking against userPassword.
> 
> Is there a way to do this?

No. LDAP Simple Bind requires DNs. Use SASL Bind if you want to use other
forms of user names.

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