Thanks for your suggestion. But still there is some problem. 
ldapsearch -H ldap://ldap-sunnyvale.juniper.net -x -LL ou=people,dc=jnpr,dc=net "{mail=*norton*}" sn cn mail

Output: version: 1

Operations error (1)
Additional information: 00000000: LdapErr: DSID-0C090627, comment: In order to perform this operation a successful bind must be completed on the connection., data 0, vece

Not sure the reason behind such errors. I think there is something wrong, because when I am trying to login linux box using ldap credentials, it simply closes the connection. 


From: Echedey Lorenzo <echedey@gmail.com>
To: Benjamin Griese <der.darude@gmail.com>
Cc: Cool The Breezer <techcool.kumar@yahoo.com>; openldap-technical@openldap.org
Sent: Sat, February 27, 2010 2:32:08 AM
Subject: Re: OpenLDAP client configuration with CentOS 5.3

Hi,

Maybe using the -x option in your ldapsearch requests may resolve your problem.

KR


2010/2/26 Benjamin Griese <der.darude@gmail.com>
Hi,

have you read the manpage for ldapsearch?
You should deliver some more information which parameter did you use for ldapsearch to figure out where is the problem is.

http://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/ch14/#ldapsearch
Try this URL for example.

Bye


On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 09:08, Cool The Breezer <techcool.kumar@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All,
         We have a dedicated LDAP server and I would like to configure OpenLDAP client in our linux boxes running on centOS 5.3.
I have installed openldap client and changed /etc/openldap/ldap.conf with folllowing info

BASE    dc=my, dc=net
URI     ldap://10.122.12.13

But when I try to run ldapsearch, I get following error

SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method (-6)
       additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available:

The objective is anybody having ldap id can login to linux box. At present, I am manually creating individual ids which we want to integrate with LDAP authentication.
I would appreciate your help

- RB







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