I am attempting to setup an LDAP server under CentOS 5.4.

However I am unable to search my ldap directory even tho I am supplying the proper credentials for the Manager account:

[root@ldap openldap]# ldapsearch -x -h ldap -D 'cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net' -W -b 'dc=example,dc=net' Enter LDAP Password: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

Anonymous searches do work however:

ldapsearch -x -h ldap -b "dc=example,dc=net" -s sub "objectclass=*"

[root@ldap openldap]# ldapsearch -x -h ldap -b "dc=example,dc=net" -s sub "objectclass=*" # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <dc=example,dc=net> with scope subtree # filter: objectclass=* # requesting: ALL #

# search result search: 2 result: 32 No such object

I am currently attempting to use the actual word 'secret' to authenticate the Manager account:

database bdb suffix "dc=example,dc=net" rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net" # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should # be avoided. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. # Use of strong authentication encouraged. rootpw secret # rootpw {CRYPT}secret

And yet I am still getting error 49's in my openldap logs with loglevel set to 296

/var/log/openldap.log

Nov 2 15:45:58 ldap slapd[3522]: slapd starting Nov 2 15:46:14 ldap slapd[3522]: conn=0 fd=11 ACCEPT from IP=127.0.0.1:44552 (IP=0.0.0.0:389) Nov 2 15:46:14 ldap slapd[3522]: conn=0 op=0 BIND dn="cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=net" method=128 Nov 2 15:46:14 ldap slapd[3522]: conn=0 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=49 text= Nov 2 15:46:14 ldap slapd[3522]: conn=0 fd=11 closed (connection lost)

this is how I have configured my ldap.conf

BASE dc=example,dc=net HOST localhost URI ldap://ldap.example.net

thanks in advance for your help