Hi,

I am trying to setup OpenLDAP client with user/password authenticated bind to authenticate against an OpenLDAP server.

This is how my /etc/ldap.conf look like

host xx.xx.xx.xx base dc=my_comp,dc=com bind_policy soft pam_lookup_policy yes pam_password exop nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap nss_schema rfc2307bis nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member ldap_version 3 pam_filter objectClass=posixAccount tls_checkpeer no #ssl on ssl no binddn cn=Administrator,dc=my_comp,dc=com <============ I am giving the root DN bindpw Administrator scope sub

If I give the root DN, it works, But, if I give a non-root DN in binddn, I get "invalid credentials (49)" error.

Does OpenLDAP server always require root DN for binding ?.

Is there a way to provide non-root DN for binddn ?

Thanks, Vinay