Public bug reported: pdns-backend-ldap has not worked out of the box on 10.04, 12.04, 14.04.
root@aimsns4_01:/var/log# tail -f syslog Jul 15 08:47:45 aimsns4_01 pdns[5688]: Our pdns instance exited with code 1 Jul 15 08:47:45 aimsns4_01 pdns[5688]: Respawning Jul 15 08:47:46 aimsns4_01 pdns[26369]: Guardian is launching an instance Jul 15 08:47:46 aimsns4_01 pdns[26369]: Reading random entropy from '/dev/urandom' Jul 15 08:47:46 aimsns4_01 pdns[26369]: This is a guarded instance of pdns Jul 15 08:47:46 aimsns4_01 pdns[26369]: Fatal error: Trying to set unexisting parameter 'ldap-host' ^C root@aimsns4_01:/var/log# cd /etc/powerdns/ root@aimsns4_01:/etc/powerdns# tail pdns.conf launch=ldap ldap-host=ldapi:/// ldap-method=simple ldap-basedn=dc=aims,dc=ac,dc=za ldap-basedn-axfr-override=yes ldap-filter-lookup=(&(:target:)(objectclass=dnsdomain2)(!(objectclass=dhcphost))) ldap-filter-axfr=(&(:target:)(objectclass=dnsdomain2)(!(objectclass=dhcphost))) include-dir=/etc/powerdns/pdns.d root@aimsns4_01:/etc/powerdns# lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS root@aimsns4_01:/etc/powerdns# Note the upstream but report may or may not need to go to powerdns devs, as the LDAP support was dropped in 2011 when a maintainer left, then forked late 2012. I can't tell whether the pdns-backend-ldap package in Debian/Ubuntu comes from pdns or from the fork. http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-technical/201104/msg00347.html http://mailman.powerdns.com/pipermail/pdns-users/2012-December/009476.html http://repo.or.cz/w/pdns-ldap-backend.git Ref https://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/PowerDNSSetup ** Affects: pdns (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474789 Title: pdns ldap backend not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdns/+bug/1474789/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
