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Questions tagged [openldap]

For questions about OpenLDAP Software, an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

Primary website: http://www.openldap.org/

The suite includes:

  • slapd - stand-alone LDAP daemon (server)
  • libraries implementing the LDAP protocol, and
  • utilities, tools, and sample clients.
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Why does LibreOffice (at least as packaged for Debian) depend on libldap?

The Debian package libreoffice-core (which is described in the Debian repositories as containing " the architecture-dependent core files of LibreOffice," and which is itself a dependency for libreoffice-writer and similar packages) has an absolute…
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Active Directory to OpenLDAP synchronisation

We have a domain controller with Active Directory with a number of basic users with custom attributes. We are looking for a way to synchronise the active directory users to OpenLDAP (currently running on Debian 6) and wondered if anyone has…
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ldap.conf simple auth

I am trying to configure ldap.conf for openldap. I am trying to do simple authentication like you can do with the -x in the ldapsearch commad. We currently have a script that uses a complex ldapsearch command and we want to default many of the…
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How to change password of LDAP user?

Is it possible to change password for logged in LDAP user using passwd command? I have logged in to server1 using testuser. Trying to change password for itself (testuser) and got the below error. [testuser@server1 ~]$ passwd Changing password…
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How can I list active schemes, classes etc?

I'm using openldap-server-2.4.38_1 on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p5. 1) can I get list of active (connected) schemes without viewing slapd.conf file? 2) how can I get description of obectClasses and/or it's attributes in this schemes whiout viewing scheme…
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Openldap backup restore

I am trying to setup backup and restore and make sure it works. Please note that database size on ldap.old is lot more then the ldap. The /var/lib/ldap.old is my existing database. I have renamed /var/lib/ldap for backup/restore testing. I am…
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Central user management with multiple servers with SSH keys, LDAP?

the number of my servers and users is growing and I would like to adopt a central database to manage users accounts. I'm thinking about OpenLDAP, but I have a question. Is it possible in LDAP to somehow restrict specific users to access only certain…
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how do I configure my RHEL5 or RHEL6 system to use ldap for authentication?

I have root access to a RHEL6 system and I want to use the corporate ldap server where I work for user authentication. I ran authconfig-tui and checked [*] Use LDAP and left [*] Use Shadow Passwords checked, then I checked [*] Use LDAP…
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Samba - use LDAP for authentication only?

I am trying to set up a Samba server to use an LDAP server for authentication only, but pull all account information (user ID etc.) from SSSD, PAM etc. Basically, the server should act as a standalone server except that the user names and passwords…
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Limit Openldap Transaction Log Disk Usage

Openldap (specifically version 2.4) stores transaction history in log files by default in the ldap data directory (so /var/lib/ldap/log.###########). Currently these log files take up a lot of space, are never removed automatically, and grow…
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Java could not get the TGT from cache in Linux client

I have set up a Kerberos server and OpenLDAP in RHEL5.5. I also have a RHEL6 machine as a client. I have run my Java program using jaas to query the OpenLDAP server from the Linux client. I can query the OpenLDAP server if I copy the client's keytab…
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OpenLDAP v2.4 enable logging

I have openldap v 2.4 running on centos7 and working but i cannot get it to log anything. I have tried adding the below line to the rsyslog.conf file but i still do not get any log file. LOCAL4.* /var/log/openldap/slapd.log When i added this…
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Linux and Azure AD sync possible?

I am currently considering to shuffle some infrastructure around, but my question boils down to: Can I sync a list of users and passwords to Azure AD (only for Office 365) from a linux samba server? Currently there's an on premise Windows Server…
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Yum Update Broke Slapd

First, I am not an OpenLDAP expert. I have openldap (slapd) running on a server that has been working for years. Today, I ran yum update and it updated quite a few packages, including the openldap packages. Once it finished (without errors) our…
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Change default login shell to /bin/bash for ALL ldap users from LDAP server - not client

Perhaps my google kungfu is not doing great today, but I found ways to apparently do this for each user (one by one) on the client side, or even a way to do it from the ldap side with ldapmodify again one by one. What I am trying to setup is ssh…
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