Re: ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

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.