Re: 8 principal limitation in openldap

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Srivatsav M wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using OpenLDAP for authenticating users registered in a LDAP server
> (Open LDAP, Active Directory). After adding 8 principals (/etc/ldap.conf),
> none of the users registered in the /etc/ldap.conf file are able to login.
>
> nss_base_passwd
> OU=engg,DC=mycompany,DC=region,DC=someplace,DC=myarea,DC=compname,DC=parentcompname
> nss_base_shadow
> OU=engg,DC=mycompany,DC=region,DC=someplace,DC=myarea,DC=compname,DC=parentcompname
> nss_base_group
> OU=engg,DC=mycompany,DC=region,DC=someplace,DC=myarea,DC=compname,DC=parentcompname
>
>
> Can you please share the reason for this 7 limitation in the open ldap
> library. or how I can fix this issue. I am looking i for the header file in
> the source files whhich has this constant or limitation defined.

I think you mean "RDN" not "principal". And there is no such limitation in any 
OpenLDAP code. You're talking about nss-ldap; you should ask your question on 
their mailing list.

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