[SOLVED] LDAP Server

[mrjoli021]

We have an LDAP server running CentOS6. The client is Debian squeeze. As the client boots up it gets some errors below. The wierd part is that after the server boots up. I am able to login with the LDAP credentials, but only locally not via ssh. I also looked at the LDAP server log files and I dont see the client attempting to reach the LDAP server when these messages are happening, but I do see the client working after the client boots up.

nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://x.x.x.x/: Can't contact server
nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server - server is unavailable
nss_ldap: could not connect to any LDAP server as cn=admin,dc=name,dc=com - Can't contact LDAP server

error message repeats several times then times out.

[atreyu]

Hi,

Is there a firewall running on the LDAP server?

On the client, do you know what daemon/process is causin the nss_ldap errors? Is it starting before networking is up on the client?

[mrjoli021]

I finally got it working. It turns out it had to do with the ldap starting before the network started. created an lsb script and it worked.

[atreyu]

Excellent, glad you got it sorted. Will mark this thread as Solved. Note that you can do this yourself at any time using the Thread Tools link at the top of the page.