How can I access a local-area LDAP through a VPN?

Question

I need access to an LDAP server hosted on a private network from the outside. I have been given a VPN account but that account has no direct access to the LDAP server. (for security reasons, they refuse to open the LDAP server on VPN).

But I have access to several other *nix boxes, all with root acces and those boxes can acces the LDAP server. My question is, can I use those boxes with something like ssh port forwarding to make the LDAP available?

Do you have ssh account on the LDAP server? – quanta Mar 08 '13 at 09:30 — quanta, Mar 08 '13 at 09:30
No, I don't and I doubt they will create me one. – Zenklys Mar 08 '13 at 09:38 — Zenklys, Mar 08 '13 at 09:38
http://serverfault.com/a/326577/59925 – quanta Mar 08 '13 at 09:44 — quanta, Mar 08 '13 at 09:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '13 at 13:36

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I have found a solution so far thanks to quanta.

I installed rinetd on the bound server with the following rule :

0.0.0.0 389 myldapserver 389

That way, I can directly define my LDAP host as the boundserver on port 389.

answered Mar 08 '13 at 13:36

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