Re: understanding ldap

On 06/24/13 13:48 -0400, Rodney Simioni wrote:

These questions are stemming from a Red Hat Linux Server.

/etc/openldap/ldap.conf # this config file is openldap server's ldap config file?

That file would be utilized by the OpenLDAP clients and client libraries. Do 'man ldap.conf' and reference the FILES section to confirm.

/etc/ldap.conf # This config file is for ldap's clients?

I would guess that file was placed by PADL software, such as libnss-ldap or libpam-ldap, and likely has no effect on your ldapsearch command.

If I want to test test if LDAP is configured with TLS/SSL with this command ldapsearch -d -1 -x -LLL -ZZ, do I need a ldap client config file?

Yes, for at least the default URI you want to search against.