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Custom Syntaxes
by Jeff Sussna 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Is it possible to add new syntax definitions to LDAP? I've done various searches without unearthing anything. In particular, I'd like to specify a syntax which is "an integer between 0 and 5". Can I do that or do I need to code the enforcement into my client?

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bdb panics with openldap
by Govind c 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

We have openldap using the bdb has its database.For some reason the bdb had crashed complaining permission issue. May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 fd=10 ACCEPT from IP=xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa:33905 (IP=0.0.0.0:389) May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 BIND dn="cn=Directory Manager,o=none.com" method=128 May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 BIND dn="cn=Directory Manager,o=none.com" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=1 MOD dn="uid=sysadmin,o=none.com" May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=1 MOD noner=lastlogints lastaccessts authcookie May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: bdb(o=none.com): /var/lib/ldap/log.0000000002: log file open failed: Permission denied May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: bdb(o=none.com): PANIC: Permission denied May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: bdb(o=none.com): DB_ENV->log_put: 2: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: bdb(o=none.com): /var/lib/ldap/log.0000000002: log file open failed: Permission denied The log.000000000 gets rotated based on the size (10MB).The new logfile(log.0000000002) was rotated at on Apr 30th and I believe the permission was set as root:root instead of ldap:ldap(Note: the ldap being run as user ldap).The reason why didnât crash till yesterday was, only search queries were run against the ldap/bdb (The ldap search test for testing ldap keep alive).Yesterday a modify query was run from IP xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa and I guess bdb complained of permission problem and panicked May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 fd=10 ACCEPT from IP=xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa:33905 (IP=0.0.0.0:389) May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 BIND dn="cn=Directory Manager,o=none.com" method=128 May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 BIND dn="cn=Directory Manager,o=none.com" mech=SIMPLE ssf=0 May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= May 13 16:04:40 ccc slapd[30372]: conn=12430 op=1 MOD dn="uid=sysadmin,o=none.com" [root@ccc ldap]# ls -l /var/lib/ldap total 13236 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 106496 Mar 24 19:30 cn.bdb -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 16384 Mar 20 11:50 __db.001 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 278528 Mar 20 11:50 __db.002 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 98304 Mar 20 11:50 __db.003 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 450560 Mar 20 11:50 __db.004 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 16384 Mar 20 11:50 __db.005 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 45056 Mar 24 19:30 dn2id.bdb -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 278528 Apr 2 13:40 id2entry.bdb -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 10485710 Apr 30 14:40 log.0000000001 -rw------- 1 root root 1827874 May 13 16:00 log.0000000002 -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 8192 Mar 20 11:50 mail.bdb -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 16384 Mar 24 19:30 objectClass.bdb -rw-r--r-- 1 ldap ldap 0 Apr 2 13:31 openldap-master-replog -rw-r--r-- 1 ldap ldap 0 Apr 2 13:31 openldap-master-replog.lock -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 8192 Mar 20 11:50 ou.bdb drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 16:33 replica -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 49152 Mar 20 11:50 sn.bdb -rw------- 1 ldap ldap 8192 Mar 20 12:00 uid.bdb The ldap is being run as user ldap [root@ccc ~]# ps -ef | grep ldap root 8983 6956 0 15:40 pts/0 00:00:00 grep ldap ldap 31694 1 0 Mar20 ? 00:01:57 /usr/sbin/slapd -u ldap -h ldap:/// [root@ccc ~]# grep ldap /etc/passwd ldap:x:55:55:LDAP User:/var/lib/ldap:/bin/false Why should a modify cause a panic and not a search?Why did the rotated log had root as owner instead of ldap?Is there a fix for this issue? Cheers CG

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Re: bdb panics with openldap
by Hallvard B Furuseth 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Please keep replies on the list. Govind c writes: > Well I haven`t set any parameter to rotate.I guess the > bdb has some in-built feature where in it rotates > after the log file reached 10M. Ah, OK. I don't think BDB rotates, it just closes the old logfile and starts a new one. I expect that's what they want all the digits for: They don't reuse logfile names, but you are not likely to need 1000000000 logfiles for the lifetime of a database. Anyway, it looks like you have sometimes run slapd or the slap tools as user ldap and sometimes as root, and so the files have conflicting ownership. Make up your mind about the user, chown the files to that user and stick to it. -- Hallvard

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ProFTP + LDAP + SSL (LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:636)
by catia.lavalle＠bechtle.com 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hello, I do not know if this is the place to ask but maybe some of you have already had this configuration. I have a problem configuring ProFTP to use LDAP over SSL (i.e. ldaps on port 636). In short: ProFTP without TLS (TLSEngine off) DOES authenticate with LDAP without SSL (LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:389) ProFTP with TLS (TLSEngine on, path to the ftp-ssl certificates) DOES authenticate with LDAP without SSL (LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:389) ProFTP with TLS (TLSEngine on, path to the ftp-ssl certificates) DOES NOT authenticate with LDAP with SSL (LDAPUseTLS on; LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:636) The procedure is a 2 way SSL with 2 certificates: filezilla (for example) (acting as client for ProFTP) ->SSL(cert_ftp)-> ProFTP (acting as server for filezilla, cert_ftp) ProFTP (acting as client for LDAP) ->SSL(cert_LDAP)-> LDAP (acting as server for the ProFTP, cert_LDAP). If I look in the logs I see that the ProFTP Server connects to the LDAP server on the correct port, the LDAP server accepts the connection but the TLS fails! In principle for me it is obvious because in the ProFTP configuration I do give the path to the FTP-SSL certificates and keys but I do not input any path for the LDAP-SSL certificates i.e. in my opinion it can not work like this. So my question is how to make it work? As I have said in my opinion the key point is to be able to set the path where the ProFTP server finds the certificates for the LDAP server. I do not find any hint whatsoever in the net. The steps I have done: LDAP Server: The LDAP Server IP (say) 1.2.3.4 The LDAP Server listens to port 636 (ldaps) and port (ldap). I have created a certificate for the LDAP server (slapd.pem, slapd.key) The LDAP server itself is fully functioning on both ldap and ldaps (for example ldaps with apache ok) ProFTP Server: The ProFTP Server IP (say) 5.6.7.8 I have created a certificate for the ProFTP server (ftp2.pem, ftp2.key) I have copied locally the certificates of the LDAP server (slapd.pem) This is exactly what you do with apache (and it works) provided one gives the path for "both" certificates LDAPTrustedGlobalCert CA_BASE64 /apache/conf/ssl_certs/slapd.pem .... .... SSLCertificateFile /apache/conf/ssl_certs/apache.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /apache/conf/ssl_certs/apache.key This is the ProFTP configuration (mod_tls and mod_ldap parts) <IfModule mod_tls.c> TLSEngine on TLSLog /ftp2/logs/tls.log TLSProtocol SSLv23 TLSOptions NoCertRequest TLSRSACertificateFile /ftp2/conf/ssl_certs/ftp2.pem TLSRSACertificateKeyFile /ftp2/conf/ssl_certs/ftp2.key TLSCACertificateFile /ftp2/conf/ssl_certs/ftp2.pem TLSVerifyClient off TLSRequired on TLSRenegotiate required off </IfModule> <IfModule mod_ldap.c> #LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:389 LDAPUseTLS on LDAPServer 1.2.3.4:636 LDAPDoAuth on "ou=bbb,dc=aaa,dc=de" "(&(uid=%v)(objectclass=posixAccount))" LDAPDNInfo "uid=1234,dc=aaa,dc=de" root LDAPAuthBinds on LDAPDoUIDLookups on "ou=bbb,dc=aaa,dc=de" LDAPSearchScope subtree </IfModule> Both LDAP server and ProFTP (proftp-ldap) server are: Linux version 2.6.18-6-amd64 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1) (waldi(a)debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:50:19 UTC 2008 OpenLDAP server (slapd) dpkg -l | grep slapd ii slapd 2.3.30-5+etch1 I have used the ProFTP with precompiled LDAP (proftp-ldap) dpkg -l | grep proftp ii proftpd 1.3.0-19 Versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon ii proftpd-ldap 1.3.0-19 Versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon Error in /var/log/syslog from slapd May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: activity on 1 descriptor May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: listen=9, new connection on 19 May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: added 19r (active) listener=(nil) May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: conn=106 fd=19 ACCEPT from IP=5.6.7.8:42564 (IP=0.0.0.0:636) May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: select: listen=6 active_threads=0 tvp=NULL May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: select: listen=7 active_threads=0 tvp=NULL May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: select: listen=8 active_threads=0 tvp=NULL May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: select: listen=9 active_threads=0 tvp=NULL May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: activity on 1 descriptor May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: activity on: May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: 19r May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: read activity on 19 May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: daemon: removing 19 May 27 10:54:05 ftp1test slapd[7323]: conn=106 fd=19 closed (TLS negotiation failure) Please Help Thanks.

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could not hard reconnect to LDAP server - Server is unavailable
by Gar Nelson 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

"As it quite unlikely that issues raised in your message could not be discussed without talking about the particulars of nss_ldap, your message is more appropriately directed to the openldap-technical list." So, take two. :) Starting openldap takes about five minutes to come up due to all the timeouts indicated in /var/log/messages. I've been googling without success, and openldap-software is not the appropriate venue for discussion of my problem. Hopefully this is, since I'm running out of options on where to look. Thank you for any assistance, or pointers toward the right direction. Gar -------- Original Message -------- Subject: could not hard reconnect to LDAP server - Server is unavailable Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:17:32 -0600 From: Gar Nelson <gar.nelson(a)noaa.gov> Organization: National Weather Service To: openldap-software(a)openldap.org I'm currently using openldap-2.2.13-8.el4_6.4 on RHEL 4 and for the most part, it appears to be working. I can use ldap to log in on another machine, and on a different workstation, the Apache directory browser connects and browses (and edits) just fine. However, when watching /var/log/messages, all is not calm under the surface. A shortened snippet of the log is as follows; May 30 14:55:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://127.0.0.1/: Can't contact LDAP server May 30 14:55:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... May 30 14:55:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://127.0.0.1/: Can't contact LDAP server May 30 14:55:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... [...] May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: nss_ldap: could not hard reconnect to LDAP server - Server is unavailable May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slaptest: sql_select option missing May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slaptest: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc runuser: config file testing succeeded May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc ldap: Checking configuration files for slapd: succeeded May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://127.0.0.1/: Can't contact LDAP server May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://127.0.0.1/: Can't contact LDAP server May 30 14:57:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... [...] May 30 14:59:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: nss_ldap: could not hard reconnect to LDAP server - Server is unavailable May 30 14:59:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: sql_select option missing May 30 14:59:46 ggw-s-bdc slapd[16932]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available May 30 14:59:46 ggw-s-bdc ldap: slapd startup succeeded It takes around five minutes for ldap to come up waiting for all the bind timeouts. I've tried googling without success, I've tried changing from host to uri, and from the local 127 address to the machine's outside IP without success. SELinux is disabled. IPTables is not running. nmap localhost reports port 389 is open, along with an nmap to it's outside ip address. I'm at a loss as to how to get "nss-ldap" to bind. ldap.conf is as follows; # @(#)$Id: ldap.conf,v 1.34 2004/09/16 23:32:02 lukeh Exp $ # # PADL Software # http://www.padl.com # debug 256 logdir /var/log/ldap.log #host 127.0.0.1 base dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa uri ldap://127.0.0.1/ #uri ldaps://127.0.0.1/ #uri ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fldapi_sock/ # Note: %2f encodes the '/' used as directory separator binddn cn=Manager,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa bindpw [correct ldap password] port 389 timelimit 50 bind_timelimit 50 bind_policy hard idle_timelimit 3600 pam_password exop nss_base_passwd ou=People,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one nss_base_passwd ou=Computers,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one nss_base_shadow ou=People,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one nss_base_group ou=Groups,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_hosts ou=Hosts,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_services ou=Services,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_networks ou=Networks,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_protocols ou=Protocols,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_rpc ou=Rpc,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_ethers ou=Ethers,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_netmasks ou=Networks,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_bootparams ou=Ethers,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_aliases ou=Aliases,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one #nss_base_netgroup ou=Netgroup,dc=ggw,dc=nws,dc=noaa?one ssl no tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts pam_password md5

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Custom Schema
by openLDAP 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

I am quite new to OpenLDAP and cannot seem resolve why slapd does not start when I add a custom schema. Nothing appears in syslog and the following appears when I try to start it: root@control:/etc/ldap# sudo slapd -d acl @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.7 (Apr 29 2008 08:44:27) $ buildd@rothera:/build/buildd/openldap2.3-2.4.7/debian/build/servers/slapd AttributeTypeDescription = "(" whsp numericoid whsp ; AttributeType identifier [ "NAME" qdescrs ] ; name used in AttributeType [ "DESC" qdstring ] ; description [ "OBSOLETE" whsp ] [ "SUP" woid ] ; derived from this other ; AttributeType [ "EQUALITY" woid ] ; Matching Rule name [ "ORDERING" woid ] ; Matching Rule name [ "SUBSTR" woid ] ; Matching Rule name [ "SYNTAX" whsp noidlen whsp ] ; see section 4.3 [ "SINGLE-VALUE" whsp ] ; default multi-valued [ "COLLECTIVE" whsp ] ; default not collective [ "NO-USER-MODIFICATION" whsp ]; default user modifiable [ "USAGE" whsp AttributeUsage ]; default userApplications ; userApplications ; directoryOperation ; distributedOperation ; dSAOperation whsp ")" slapd stopped. Can someone please point me in the right direction to resolving this type of error?

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ldap_bind :Can't contact LDAP server
by Rakesh Yadav 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi, I m using openldap-2.3.38 over linux platform. I have written a library using LDAP client API's according to my requirement. I m having RPC clients and a RPC server. This RPC server is multithreaded and uses the library which is written using LDAP client api. The problem is : 1. I have open a single connection with LDAP server and passed the global LDAP * ptr to all my library calls, And i sended a search request from rpc client in a loop, it works and gives the result but as i run second request for reading data from rpc server then i get error from LDAP server "*Broken pipe*". 2. Then i have decided i will use seprate connection with LDAP for each thread and use a local LDAP *ptr for thread. This time multiple requests from rpc client works for 2-3 minutes after that it also gives error. "*ldap_bind :Can't contact LDAP server*" In this case i opened and closed a connection with LDAP server for each thread. Please suggest me some solution for handling multiple threads with LDAP client API. In case of Solaris i got a sample for handling multiple threads with LDAP client api's. But this solution doesn't work over Linux. Please give me some solution. Thanks -- Rakesh Yadav Pune.

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Sync State (Response) Control
by Srinidhi Sharma 02 Jun '08

02 Jun '08

Hi, Is the sync state control support available in 2.4.9 and is it exposed as suported control to JNDI and other client interfaces ? I tried a JNDI program using the novell's ldap.jar implementation, but couldnot get the Sync state control. Is this a known issue or am I missing something ??? I know that, this is not a JNDI forum, but in any of the other JNDI forum's I did not see any postings on Sync state control. Any pointers will be helpful. -- Thanks, Srinidhi

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LDAP in deltasyncrepl method
by Aravind Arjunan 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

hi, am configuring openldap 2.3 in RHEL 5 operating system. I need the configuration file for master and slave slapd.conf file for reference. i need to configure *openldap in delta-syncrepl method.* If any one configured openldap in this method plz send me the configuration file reference. or any one plz say me how to configure ldap in master/slave in RHEL 5 OS

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Log system
by Alain Siani 30 May '08

30 May '08

Hello, As soon as i activate LDAP log system in syslog, the system does not respond...and many many logs is written in log. I stop syslog, system is up and running ok CentOS release 5 (Final) any idea ? thks, Alain

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