Benin Technologies wrote: > thanks, you pointed me in the right direction : actually I haven't > installed the init scripts yet, and I started manually slapd without > telling it to listen to a socket > > with slapd -h "ldap:/// ldapi:///" I now got a step further > > Now I got: > root@ldap:/tmp# ldapadd -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f ldap1.ldif > SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started > SASL username: > gidNumber=0+uidNumber=0,cn=peercred,cn=external,cn=auth SASL SSF: 0 > adding new entry "olcDatabase=hdb,cn=config" > ldap_add: Insufficient access (50) > > I must have missed something else... > > I'm doing all this under root, so it shouldn't be a question of file > permission Sounds reasonable.
Maybe you have an old config in place? Perhaps with some access control? -- Harry Jede
