Re: pam_ldap auth failure for telnet - sorry for the repeated question.

[Vishal Khanna <vishal.khanna@aitpl.co.in>]

You have issues basically as the passwords are stored encrypted in the 
LDAP DB and you are trying to send in classical plain text.. non 
crypted.. passwords
Vishal

Alexei Monastyrnyi wrote:
> Hi List,
> sorry for the annying postings but...
> I can't understand what's wrong with my configuration.
>
> I'm running Open LDAP 2.1.17 on Solaris 9 box. Now I'm trying to use the
> same box as client, configuring telnet auth via local LDAP.
> I have valid LDAP entry "erik" with valid password (I've double checked it
> with LDAP GUI Editor)
>
> File /etc/pam.conf has lines
> telnet  auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1
> telnet  auth required   /usr/lib/security/pam_ldap.so.1 use_first_pass
>
> File //etc/ldap.conf  has lines
> host 127.0.0.1
> base dc=orcsoftware,dc=com
>
> slapd is up and running with option -d 1, listening on port 389.
>
> Trying to telnet to the box, I have
> SunOS 5.9
> login: erik
> Password:
> Login incorrect
>
> And in syslog I can see
> Apr 17 16:56:22 er login: [ID 244269 auth.error] pam_ldap: error trying to
> bind
> as user "uid=erik,ou=People,dc=orcsoftware,dc=com" (Invalid credentials)
>
> I'm quite new in LDAP and maybe it's a bit silly question.
> But I do not believe that nobody has any hint of how to overcome it. :-)
> Or?
>
> Really, thanks in advance for ANY clue!
>
> Sincerely,
> Alexei Monastyrnyi,
> System Engineer,
> Orc Software AB.
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