I'
m having trouble authenticating services using uid for authentication, which I thought was the standard method for authentication on the user. So basically, my users are added in ldap like this:
# jsmith, Users, example.com
dn: uid=jsmith,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com
uidNumber: 10003
loginShell: /bin/bash
sn: Smith
mail:
[email protected]
homeDirectory: /home/jsmith
displayName:
John Smith
givenName:
John
uid: jsmith
gecos:
John Smith
gidNumber: 10000
cn:
John Smith
title: System Administrator
But when I try to authenticate using typical webapps or services like this:
jsmith
password
I get:
ldapsearch -x -h ldap.example.com -D "cn=jsmith,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com" -W -b "dc=example,dc=com"
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
But if I use:
ldapsearch -x -h ldap.example.com -D "uid=jsmith,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com" -W -b "dc=example,dc=com"
It works.
HOWEVER...most webapps and authentication methods seem to use another method. So on a webapp I'
m using, unless I specify the user as: uid=smith,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
Nothing works.
In the webapp I just need users to put: jsmith in the user field.
Keep in mind my ldap is using the "new" cn=config method of storing settings. So if someone has an obvious ldif I'
m missing please provide.
Let me know if you need further info. This is openldap on ubuntu 12.04.
Thanks,
Dave
