On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:50:29 -0700, openLDAP openLDAP@theindianmaiden.com wrote:

I would like to configure my openLDAP network using DHCP for my client machines. Is it necessary to have DNS names for all my clients, e.g. something.domain.com, for OpenLDAP to work properly or will it work as long as my openldap servers have fully qualified domain names?

Hi,

If you require TLS/SSL for your LDAP communication between the clients and the servers (including between the servers for replication), you need to use FQDN (something.domain.com). If you do not use FQDN, the certificate verification may complain and/or refuse to let you connect.

If TLS or SSL is not a requirement, FQDN is not necessary.

Hope this helps,