Re: Could not find admin user after setup slapd on Debian

On 4/29/22 19:44, sparkcyf@foxmail.com wrote:

After install the openldap (slapd) from Debian package repository (using the version 2.4.57+dfsg-3~bpo10+1, database created by the dpkg configuration script provide by apt), the admin user (cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com) in could not be found either > However, using ldapwhoami (ldapwhoami -vvv -h ldap.example.com -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com -x -w password) can return a successful result.

The rootdn of a database does not have to exist (and IMO should not exist and should not be used except for initializing the directory).

result of ldapwhoami:

ldap_initialize( ldap://localhost ) dn:cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com Result: Success (0)

Looks good to me.

Ciao, Michael.