Re: Bind using credentials from another directory server [auf Viren überprüft]

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Hans Moser wrote:
> François Beretti schrieb:
>
> > Does OpenLDAP provide a way to authenticate on it using a DN / pwd of 
> > another LDAP server ? I have read the manual page about the LDAP and 
> > META backends, but I did not find if it match my will.
> >
> > At the end I would like to authenticate on OpenLDAP with a DN/pwd of 
> > another directory (or maybe SASL credentials ?), and access (probably 
> > only through OpenLDAP) to the data of both OpenLDAP and the other 
> > directory server.
> OpenLDAP uses cyrus sasl for authentication. Cyrus sasl can use ldapdb. 
> ldapdb can use another ldap server (your second server) to check the 
> credentials. so theoretically this should work, I think.

Yes, that would work, as long as the other LDAP server also supports SASL and 
Proxy Authorization.

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