Re: ldap.conf search order problem

[Dan White <dwhite@olp.net>]

> > Message du 04/08/11 13:28
> > De : "Michel Gruau"
> > A : "openldap-technical openldap org"
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> > Objet : ldap.conf search order problem
> >
> > Hello,
>
> I have a proxy configuration with severall backend directories and one of
> them in TLS.
>
> I thus added the following line in ldap.conf in order to let it know the
> remote server server CA certificate TLS_CACERT     
> /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/cacert.pem
>
> This is working when this line is inserted in $HOME/ldaprc or
> $HOME/.ldaprc but never working when inserted in the system-wide ldap
> configuration file (/usr/local/etc/openldap/ldap.conf).
>
> Not working neither when inserted in /opt/openldap/etc/openldap/ldap.conf
> (my proxy is installed in /opt/openldap).
>
> Is this a bug ? if not, what is the real ldap.conf search order ?

Michel,

You can find the location of the ldap.conf that your installed libraries
are using with strace, or your system's equivalent:

~$ strace ldapsearch 2>&1 | grep ldap\.conf
open("/etc/ldap/ldap.conf", O_RDONLY)   = 3

Make sure the file is readable by your user.

--
Dan White