Greetings,

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, David Mitton <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to use OpenLDAP from an embedded Linux system to authenticate
>  (PAM LDAP) against a Windows AD server.  I must use TLS to secure this, but
> I would rather not use SASL or Kerberos if possible.
>

pam_ldap = http://www.padl.com/pam_ldap.html OR
http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/ .... you are not dealing here with
OpenLDAP....


>
> I have been able to mock this up on a Centos system without TLS, and the
> PAM worked fine.  When I turn on TLS, the Windows server handshakes the TLS
> but then has a problem with the first message.  I am also working that side.
>
> I have walked through the handshake with s_client, and the connection is
> happy.
> I am now working with ldapsearch and trying things....
> The first thing I notice is that it seems to try an SASL bind.  Can I stop
> this?
> I'm not sure I have SASL actually installed on this system, and I'm not
> sure I want it in my target.
>

ldapsearch -x   <--- does simple auth instead of sasl.


>
> Is this possible? from both the OpenLDAP client and/or Windows AD?
> Ideas on the correct alphabet soup to try this with ldapsearch would be
> appreciated.
> Thanks.
>


Well, I have seen this done through samba, but you *should* be able to use
AD's LDAP to authenticate your Linux workstation, I guess.

Sincerely,

 Ildefonso Camargo

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