ldapwhoami -D vs -U

Question

I have an LDAP user with this schema:

dn: uid=portal,ou=Special Accounts,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
sn: portal
cn: portal
uid: portal

Can anyone tell me why this would work:

ldapwhoami -h yorktown -U portal

but this:

ldapwhoami -h yorktown -D "uid=portal,ou=Special Accounts,dc=example,dc=com"

results in

ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49)
        additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database

What's your `sasl-regexp` in slapd.conf (if you have one)? What SASL authentication mechanism are you using? — Mark Wagner, Mar 02 '11 at 23:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '11 at 04:11

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I guess -D is for simple authentication and -U is only for SASL. When I do ldapwhoami -h yorktown -D "uid=portal,ou=Special Accounts,dc=example,dc=com" -x it works fine.

answered Mar 03 '11 at 04:11

Brad Mace

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