Am Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:30:59 +0100 schrieb Mathias openldap.org@postb0x.com:
Hi,
I have trouble understanding a rather simple LDAP config issue that I'm sure someone on this list can easily help with:
How do I add a (or change the) pattern of the bind DN that slapd lets me authenticate with?
I have a working slapd setup that I can happily bind to using DNs of the form "cn=Bob Parr,dc=example,dc=com". However, all accounts also have a unique "uid" attribute that I would like to use in addition to (or, if not possible, instead of) the "cn"-based RDN for binding. So, I'd like to (also) bind using the DN "uid=bob,dc=example,dc=com". My understanding is that one entry can have several DNs as long as each one is unambiguous. Shouldn't I be able to bind with anyone of these?
You could create an entry with distinguished name uid=bob,dc=example,dc=com but I would advise not to do so. Instead configure olcAuthRegexp accordingly and do a sasl bind. [...]
-Dieter