Earlier thread:
Tianyin Xu asked, Howard Chu answered:
 
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This works quite fine. Then, I write the parameters into ldap.conf as follows:

-----------------ldap.conf-----------------------
BASE    dc=ucsd,dc=edu
BINDDN  cn=admin,dc=ucsd,dc=edu
BINDPW  12345
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Then only BASE has effect. According to the ldap.conf manual, BINDDN is a

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Those were not OpenLDAP's ldap.conf. BINDPW isn't mentioned in OpenLDAP 
documentation because it does not exist in OpenLDAP. Reading non-OpenLDAP 
documentation and attempting to apply it to OpenLDAP software is a pretty 
reliable means of confusing yourself.


My question:

It has been clearly stated, that BINDPW cannot be used in ldaprc (at least in the case of openldap).

But it is definitely stated in the manpage of ldap.conf, that BINDDN is a legal user-only option of openldap. My ldaprc says:

BASE            ou=madas,dc=something
BINDDN          cn=admin,dc=something
TLS_REQCERT     allow
URI             ldaps://ip1.ip2.ip3.ip4

BASE and URI has its effect, BINDDN has not. Did I make a mistake?

Thank you in advance.

man ldap.conf:

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AUTHOR
       Kurt Zeilenga, The OpenLDAP Project

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived
       from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

OpenLDAP                                                          2011/11/24                                                     LDAP.CONF(5)

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