openldap-technical December 2024

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Removing AutoCA overlay, objectClass, etc
by Brendan Kearney 06 Nov '25

06 Nov '25

list members, i have a multi-provider footprint that i want to remove the AutoCA functionality from. when i loaded the overlay, i set it to disabled, per the below: dn: olcOverlay={5}autoca objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcAutoCAConfig objectClass: top olcOverlay: {5}autoca structuralObjectClass: olcAutoCAConfig entryUUID: 739501f2-49ad-103e-911a-3dc9b40470bf creatorsName: uid=brendan,ou=domainusers,ou=users,dc=bpk2,dc=com createTimestamp: 20240117175614Z olcAutoCADays: 3650 olcAutoCAKeybits: 2048 olcDisabled: TRUE olcAutoCAserverKeybits: 2048 olcAutoCAuserClass: inetOrgPerson olcAutoCAserverClass: device olcAutoCAserverDays: 1826 olcAutoCAuserDays: 365 olcAutoCAuserKeybits: 2048 entryCSN: 20240117192443.210024Z#000000#001#000000 modifiersName: uid=brendan,ou=domainusers,ou=users,dc=bpk2,dc=com modifyTimestamp: 20240117192443Z note, olcDisabled is set to true. it seems that something went awry and even though i didn't want the capability active, i wound up with some caCertificate and caPrivateKey objects created in the DIT. it looks like i may have added the overlay in an active state and disabled it after the caCertificate/PrivateKey objects were created. i want to clean up things and remove the AutoCA pieces until i can test them better. what process is needed to remove the objects and overlay, as replication may play a part in some of the effort? i could imagine that deleting the caCertificate and caPrivateKey objects would be relatively straight forward, but the overlay may prove a bit more complicated. i found a message on this list from some time ago, https://www.openldap.com/lists/openldap-technical/201811/msg00075.html, that says i can stop the slapd instance, remove the overlay ldif files and restart the instance, to accomplish this task. the issue that i am trying to avoid is having to take down the entire fully replicated DIT, in order to delete the overlay and not have replication recreate it because one active node "didn't get the memo". are there any insights into how i can delete overlays without having replication recreate the objects i want to remove, all while still providing at least one instance to service requests? if it clarifies things, i am running 3 slapd instances behind a load balancer and both the config DB and DIT are replicated between all nodes. if it comes to it, i could take down all instances to perform this work, but i would like to avoid it if possible. thanks in advance, brendan kearney

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Multiple memberOf overlays
by John C. Pfeifer 06 Aug '25

06 Aug '25

I am in the process of converting an existing LDAP infrastructure to OpenLDAP. I have a case where it would be convenient for two different objectClasses to map into the memberOf attribute. Is it possible to define two overlay configs or will they end up fighting each other over the memberOf attribute? For instance: dn: olcOverlay={5}memberofA,olcDatabase={2}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcMemberOf olcOverlay: {5}memberofA olcMemberOfDangling: error olcMemberOfRefInt: FALSE olcMemberOfGroupOC: objectClassA olcMemberOfMemberAD: member olcMemberOfMemberOfAD: memberOf dn: olcOverlay={6}memberofB,olcDatabase={2}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcMemberOf olcOverlay: {6}memberofB olcMemberOfDangling: error olcMemberOfRefInt: FALSE olcMemberOfGroupOC: objectClassB olcMemberOfMemberAD: member olcMemberOfMemberOfAD: memberOf // John Pfeifer Division of Information Technology University of Maryland, College Park

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olcPPolicyForwardUpdates not working
by Benjamin Renard 19 Jun '25

19 Jun '25

Hello, I have problem with the olcPPolicyForwardUpdates option that seem not working : On master and slave, I configured Ppolicy with pwdLockout. When I try to connect on master with a bad password, the pwdFailureTime attribute of the entry is successfully updated, but not if I do the same on the slave. On slave, my ppolicy configuration is exactly the same as on master but I add olcPPolicyForwardUpdates=TRUE. I also configured the chain overlay and the updateref parameter on the database. Extract of my slave configuration : olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config [...] olcSyncrepl: [...] olcUpdateRef: ldaps://ldap-master olcOverlay={0}chain,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcChainConfig objectClass: top olcOverlay: {0}chain olcChainReturnError: TRUE olcDatabase={0}ldap,olcOverlay={0}chain,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcLDAPConfig objectClass: olcChainDatabase objectClass: top olcDatabase: {0}ldap olcDbURI: ldaps://ldap-master olcDbIDAssertBind: bindmethod=simple binddn="[same user used in olcSyncrepl of the database]" credentials="secret" mode=self olcDbRebindAsUser: TRUE olcOverlay={1}ppolicy,olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config objectClass: olcOverlayConfig objectClass: olcPPolicyConfig objectClass: top olcOverlay: {1}ppolicy olcPPolicyHashCleartext: TRUE olcPPolicyUseLockout: TRUE olcPPolicyForwardUpdates: TRUE Do you have any idea of what I doing wrong ? Thanks, -- Benjamin Renard - Easter-eggs 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37 - mailto:brenard@easter-eggs.com

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openldap TLSv1.0 is enabled
by Andre Rodier 16 May '25

16 May '25

Hello, I have configured OpenLDAP using SSL certificate, but I have a few issues. Here the TLS configuration, especially "olcTLSProtocolMin: 3.3" > # AUTO-GENERATED FILE - DO NOT EDIT!! Use ldapmodify. > # CRC32 c70363a6 > dn: cn=config > objectClass: olcGlobal > cn: config > olcArgsFile: /var/run/slapd/slapd.args > olcLogLevel: none > olcPidFile: /var/run/slapd/slapd.pid > olcToolThreads: 1 > structuralObjectClass: olcGlobal > entryUUID: 40ee991a-0efe-103d-855a-11ff3a5638b4 > creatorsName: cn=config > createTimestamp: 20221213065102Z > olcPasswordCryptSaltFormat: $6$%.16s > olcTLSCACertificateFile: /etc/ldap/certs/ldap.homebox.world.issuer.crt > olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/ldap/certs/ldap.homebox.world.key > olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/ldap/certs/ldap.homebox.world.crt > olcTLSProtocolMin: 3.3 > entryCSN: 20221214054517.926245Z#000000#000#000000 > modifiersName: gidNumber=0+uidNumber=0,cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth > modifyTimestamp: 20221214054517Z But if I try sslscan: I see TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 enabled. Why ? > root@main:/etc/ldap/changes# sslscan ldap.homebox.world:636 > Version: 2.0.7 > OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022 > > Connected to 2001:19f0:7402:86e:5400:4ff:fe38:b9b4 > > Testing SSL server ldap.homebox.world on port 636 using SNI name ldap.homebox.world > > SSL/TLS Protocols: > SSLv2 disabled > SSLv3 disabled > TLSv1.0 enabled > TLSv1.1 enabled > TLSv1.2 enabled > TLSv1.3 enabled > > TLS Fallback SCSV: > Server supports TLS Fallback SCSV > > TLS renegotiation: > Secure session renegotiation supported > > TLS Compression: > OpenSSL version does not support compression > Rebuild with zlib1g-dev package for zlib support > > Heartbleed: > TLSv1.3 not vulnerable to heartbleed > TLSv1.2 not vulnerable to heartbleed > TLSv1.1 not vulnerable to heartbleed > TLSv1.0 not vulnerable to heartbleed > > Supported Server Cipher(s): > Preferred TLSv1.3 128 bits TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.3 256 bits TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.3 256 bits TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.3 128 bits TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Preferred TLSv1.2 256 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.2 256 bits ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.2 128 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.2 256 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.2 128 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.2 256 bits AES256-GCM-SHA384 > Accepted TLSv1.2 256 bits AES256-CCM > Accepted TLSv1.2 128 bits AES128-GCM-SHA256 > Accepted TLSv1.2 128 bits AES128-CCM > Accepted TLSv1.2 256 bits AES256-SHA > Accepted TLSv1.2 128 bits AES128-SHA > Preferred TLSv1.1 256 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.1 128 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.1 256 bits AES256-SHA > Accepted TLSv1.1 128 bits AES128-SHA > Preferred TLSv1.0 256 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.0 128 bits ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA Curve 25519 DHE 253 > Accepted TLSv1.0 256 bits AES256-SHA > Accepted TLSv1.0 128 bits AES128-SHA > > Server Key Exchange Group(s): > TLSv1.3 128 bits secp256r1 (NIST P-256) > TLSv1.3 192 bits secp384r1 (NIST P-384) > TLSv1.3 260 bits secp521r1 (NIST P-521) > TLSv1.3 128 bits x25519 > TLSv1.3 224 bits x448 > TLSv1.3 112 bits ffdhe2048 > TLSv1.3 128 bits ffdhe3072 > TLSv1.3 150 bits ffdhe4096 > TLSv1.3 175 bits ffdhe6144 > TLSv1.3 192 bits ffdhe8192 > TLSv1.2 128 bits secp256r1 (NIST P-256) > TLSv1.2 192 bits secp384r1 (NIST P-384) > TLSv1.2 260 bits secp521r1 (NIST P-521) > TLSv1.2 128 bits x25519 > TLSv1.2 224 bits x448 > > SSL Certificate: > Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption > RSA Key Strength: 2048 > > Subject: ldap.homebox.world > Altnames: DNS:ldap.homebox.world > Issuer: (STAGING) Artificial Apricot R3 > > Not valid before: Dec 13 05:34:29 2022 GMT > Not valid after: Mar 13 05:34:28 2023 GMT Thanks for your insights. Andre

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Re: consumer replication net recovering
by Suresh Veliveli 13 Mar '25

13 Mar '25

This is another instance where replication stops. Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY(LDAP_SYNC_MODIFY) csn=20241223060050.594465Z#000000#000#000000 tid 0x7f5aed0fb640 Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 be_search (0) Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 uid=xxxx,ou=People,dc=georgetown,dc=edu Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 be_modify uid=xxxxx,ou=People,dc=georgetown,dc=edu (0) Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_message_to_entry: rid=143 DN: uid=xxxxx,ou=People,dc=georgetown,dc=edu, UUID: db41232e-527d-103f-995c-4344349468b5 Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY(LDAP_SYNC_MODIFY) csn=20241223060104.603554Z#000000#000#000000 tid 0x7f5aed0fb640 Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 be_search (0) Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 uid=yyyyy,ou=People,dc=georgetown,dc=edu Dec 23 01:01:23 aaa-prod-aws-3 slapd[1182444]: syncrepl_entry: rid=143 be_modify uid=yyyy,ou=People,dc=georgetown,dc=edu (0) No "syncrep_" messages were logged after the above. Regards, Suresh On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah(a)fast-mail.org> wrote: > > > --On Friday, December 20, 2024 5:46 PM -0500 Suresh Veliveli > <Suresh.Veliveli(a)georgetown.edu> wrote: > > > > > I do have these but no syncrepl_sync. > > > > > > Dec 12 08:59:30 aaa-prod-gcp-9 slapd[4165]: syncrepl_message_to_entry: > > rid=129 DN: uid=xxxx,ou=xxxx,dc=georgetown,dc=edu, UUID: > > 37387976-3ae0-103f-94fc-3b4be3361dc7 > > Dec 12 08:59:30 aaa-prod-gcp-9 slapd[4165]: syncrepl_entry: rid=129 > > LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY(LDAP_SYNC_MODIFY) > > csn=20241212135921.652395Z#000000#000#000000 tid 0x7f671b7fe640 > > Yes sorry, that was a typo on my end. > > "syncrepl_" sync messages. Specifically you want to see the ones that > have > "be_" in them, but not "be_search". I.e., be_add, be_modify, etc. They > show the result of the operation, something like: > > syncrepl_entry: rid=100 be_modify <DN> (<result code>) > > --Quanah > > -- Suresh Veliveli Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer Georgetown University University Information Services | Security Infrastructure and Policy-Identity and Collaboration 202-262-6676 (cell) | 202-687-3108 (work)

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LDAP Tools don't use LDAP.conf
by maudez.eric＠neuf.fr 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

I notice that the ldap.conf file is not used with commands ldapsearch, ldapwhoami (ldap tools). An environment variable (LDAPCONF) was set and pointing to the file (/etc/openldap/ldap.conf) but it doesn't work. On the other hand, using the information provided in an ldaprc file works. How to ensure the LDAP.conf file is taken into account because I need it for a mutual authentication connection with the use of LDAPS for SASL EXTERNAL. I'm using an openldap 2.6.6 version on CentOS.

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Unable to get the contextCSN
by Frédéric Goudal 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Hello, I just have build a new ldap server @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.6.8 (Jul 23 2024 09:45:55) $ It is an attenpt to do a partial replication from another ldap server. The objects seem to be synchronized in the logs I have lines like slap_queue_csn: queueing 0x77bfe8109e30 20241218104201.919382Z#000000#00a#000000 where the csn is correct. What is strange is that if I try to get the contextCSN, from the directoryI have no value returned : /usr/local/bin/ldapsearch -H ldap://ldapext2024.dmze.ipb.fr -x -s base -b dc=ipb,dc=fr contextCSN # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <dc=ipb,dc=fr> with scope baseObject # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: contextCSN # # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 1 The olcSyncrepl value is : {0}rid=430 provider=ldap://<provider> binddn="uid=ldapsync,ou=people,dc=ipb,dc=fr" bindmethod=simple credentials=secret filter="(| (entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=groups,dc=ipb,dc=fr) (entryDN:dnSubtreeMatch:=ou=people,dc=ipb,dc=fr))" searchbase="dc=ipb,dc=fr" logfilter="(&(objectClass=auditWriteObject)(reqResult=0))" attrs="uid,sn,givenName,userPassword,mail,member,ipbCompteValide,ipbServiceAllow,ipbServiceDeny,ipbPupi" logbase=cn=accesslog type=refreshAndPersist interval=00:00:00:10 retry="5 5 300 +" timeout=1 exattrs=hasSubordinates I have several other secondary ldap from the same source, with the same confiiguration, except the filter is (objectClass=*) and there is no attrs value. I suspect the error is on the attrs or filter but what do I miss ? thanks in advance f.g. — Frédéric Goudal Ingénieur Système, DSI Bordeaux-INP +33 556 84 23 11

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monitoring MMR sync
by Dave 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

Hello Everyone, Hope you are enjoying the day. Was curious what people are doing to monitor their MMR clusters being out of sync. At least the implementation we found and have been trying is using telegraf and the [ldap_org](https://github.com/falon/CSI-telegraf-plugins/blob/master/plugins… plugin to gather all objects on each ldap master and compare their count. How is the community doing it? Any better way to go about this? Any input is appreciated! Best, Dave

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Re: Replication issues with openldap 2.5
by Ulises Gonzalez Horta 04 Jan '25

04 Jan '25

Thanks for replying, from what I see in your answer, I have already distracted a and b, I can say c is also ruled out but I would like to double check it, maybe acls are not processing in the expected order. What is the best way to troubleshoot acls?? Any recommended log level? Ulises Gonzalez Horta Lead Linux Engineer C: 786 450 2970/ 240 727 6267 E: ugonzalezhorta(a)breezeline.com <jsutherland1(a)breezeline.com> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah(a)fast-mail.org> wrote: > > > --On Friday, December 27, 2024 10:34 AM -0500 Ulises Gonzalez Horta > <ugonzalezhorta(a)breezeline.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Good morning > > > > I am trying to setup a replication in ldap 2.5, using syncrepl, I have a > > provider server and a consumer, both of the servers are running 2.5.11 > > from Ubuntu 22.04, I followed the admin guide chapter 18.3.1 to do the > > configuration. I have some information on the provider that is > > successfully being replicated to the consumer without any errors > > > > > > Consumer configuration > > ldapsearch -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b cn=config olcSyncRepl > > olcUpdateref > > dn: olcDatabase={1}mdb,cn=config > > olcSyncrepl: {0}rid=100 provider=ldap://provider:389 type=refr > > eshOnly interval=00:00:05:00 retry="300 +" > > searchbase="dc=metrocast,dc=net" f > > ilter="(|(entryDN:=dc=metrocast,dc=net)(entryDN:dnOneLevelMatch:=dc=met > > > Why do you have such a complicated filter? > > > > > On the consumer this same query returns error 49 > > > > ldapsearch -Z -LLL -H ldap://providert:389 -D > > "uid=user1,ou=employees,dc=metrocast,dc=net" -W -b > > "ou=employees,dc=metrocast,dc=net" "(mail=*pepe(a)breezeline.com) > > Either: > > a) The user entry doesn't exist > b) The user entry is missing the userPassword attribute > c) The ACLs don't allow anonymous "auth" access on the userPassword > attribute > > --Quanah > > >

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Hello, I have an issue with the configuration of pam_setquota.so. I added the following quota schema:
by Rodrigo Prieto 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

# AUTO-GENERATED FILE - DO NOT EDIT!! Use ldapmodify. # CRC32 8fd665e7 dn: cn=quota,cn=schema,cn=config objectClass: olcSchemaConfig cn: quota olcAttributeTypes: {0}( 1.3.6.1.4.1.19937.1.1.1 NAME 'quota' DESC 'Quotas (FileSystem:BlocksSoft,BlocksHard,InodesSoft,InodesHard)' EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26{255} ) olcObjectClasses: {0}( 1.3.6.1.4.1.19937.1.2.1 NAME 'systemQuotas' DESC 'System Quotas' SUP posixAccount AUXILIARY MUST uid MAY quota ) I create a user, and the attributes are created correctly: objectclass: systemQuotas objectclass: posixAccount objectclass: inetOrgPerson objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: person quota: /home,500,510,0,0 Configuration of /etc/pam.d/common-session: # here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block) session [default=1] pam_permit.so # here's the fallback if no module succeeds session requisite pam_deny.so # prime the stack with a positive return value if there isn't one already; # this avoids us returning an error just because nothing sets a success code # since the modules above will each just jump around session required pam_permit.so # and here are more per-package modules (the "Additional" block) session required pam_unix.so session [success=ok default=ignore] pam_ldap.so minimum_uid=1000 session optional pam_systemd.so session optional pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=077 session required pam_setquota.so # end of pam-auth-update config When logging in with an LDAP user, the following appears in Debian logs: pam_setquota(login:session): no limits defined in configuration for user zprieto on /dev/vda5. I don’t know what is missing that prevents the user’s attributes from being read. Thank you very much.

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