Re: BASE variable not working

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

At 03:56 PM 4/11/00 -0400, Peter Ekowicki wrote:
>Hello,
>I have setup OpenLDAP 1.2.9, and am having a problem using the default
>BASE variable in ldap.conf.  I have set the BASE variable in hopes of
>not having to instruct users to fill in that information in their
>Netscape/Explorer Preferences.

Netscape and Microsoft clients use their own SDKs which do not
read OpenLDAP client configuration files.  They likely have
some sysadmin tools available to easy setup of multiple
clients.

>Everything works fine from these clients
>with the BASE specified, but the error "No such object" appears if the
>server root field is left blank.  I've also tried to access the database
>using web2ldap, but again, it only works with the "search root" field
>filled in as "dc=fairchildsemi, dc=com"
>There is a NOTES LDAP compliant database at our site that does not
>require the server root field to be set on the email clients, so
>proposing OpenLDAP will be tough unless I can find a way to get this to
>work.
>Here is my ldap.conf file:
>#
># LDAP Defaults
>#
>
># See ldap.conf(5) for details
># This file should be world readable.
>
>BASE    dc=fairchildsemi, dc=com
>HOST    fmfm23.fairchildsemi.com
>
>#HOST   ldap.openldap.org ldap-master.openldap.org:666
>#PORT   389
>
>#SIZELIMIT      12
>#TIMELIMIT      15
>#DEREF          never
>
>
>Any help is much appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>-- 
>Peter Ekowicki
>Unix Administrator
>Fairchild Semiconductor
>ph 207.775.4518
>
>