Re: ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server

["Alan Sparks" <asparks@doublesparks.net>]

Possible you have no entry in /etc/hosts.allow for "slapd" allowing
access?  Did the servers build with tcpwrapper support?
-Alan


> Hi
>
> When I try to do a ldapadd command, i get this message :
>
> ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server (81)
>
> Here's the content of slapd.conf:
>
> include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
> pidfile         /usr/local/var/slapd.pid
> argsfile        /usr/local/var/slapd.args
> loglevel -1
> database        bdb
> suffix          "dc=coldfire"
> rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=coldfire"
> rootpw          secret
> directory       /usr/local/var/openldap-data
> index   objectClass     eq
>
> I thought it was slapd which could not bind ldap port, but netstat -l
> says  that:
>
> tcp        0      0 *:ldap                  *:*
> LISTEN
>
> So, if I understand fine, it seems ok, and it seems to really be slapd
> which  listens to this port as ps aux | grep slapd says
>
> root     16255  0.0  0.6  6940 2048 ?        S    May08   0:00 slapd -4
> root     16256  0.0  0.6  6940 2048 ?        S    May08   0:00 slapd -4
> root     16257  0.0  0.6  6940 2048 ?        S    May08   0:00 slapd -4
>
> I get the " ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server (81) " error message
> when I  try to migrate with migrate_all_online.pl from padl.com
>
> If I try another way, with a ldif file
>
> Here's my arbre_coldfire.ldif:
>
> dn: dc=coldfire
> objectClass: dcobject
> dc: maison
> dn: ou=People, dc=coldfire
> objectClass: organization
> ou: People
>
> dn: uid=root,ou=People,dc=coldfire
> uid: root
> cn: root
> objectClass: account
> objectClass: posixAccount
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: shadowAccount
> userPassword: <I hide the hashed pass>.
> shadowLastChange: 12178
> shadowMax: 99999
> shadowWarning: 7
> loginShell: /bin/bash
> uidNumber: 0
> gidNumber: 0
> homeDirectory: /root
> gecos: root
>
> and so on...
> and if I type:
> ldapadd -h localhost -p 389 -D "cn=manager,dc=exemple" -w secret - f
> /tmp/arbre_coldfire.ldif
> I get: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such attribute (16)
> And if I add -x arg: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
>
> Thanks to help me
>
> Chris


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Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator    <asparks@doublesparks.net>