OK I was able to get it to log in.  Here’s what I changed in my 
guacamole.properties to make it work:
ldap-search-bind-dn:cn=”Directory Manager”
ldap-user-base-dn:cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com

So the user logs in fine, but in /var/log/messages, I get the following errors 
that I’m not sure are relevant or not:
Dec  1 13:34:34 access server: 13:34:34.157 [http-bio-8080-exec-6] INFO  
o.a.g.r.auth.AuthenticationService - User "harry.devine" successfully 
authenticated from 172.31.26.216.
Dec  1 13:34:35 access server: 13:34:35.644 [http-bio-8080-exec-6] WARN  
o.a.g.auth.ldap.user.UserService - Possibly ambiguous user account: "Jon Moen".
Dec  1 13:34:36 access server: 13:34:36.122 [http-bio-8080-exec-6] WARN  
o.a.g.auth.ldap.user.UserService - Possibly ambiguous user account: "Steve 
Smith".
Dec  1 13:34:36 access server: 13:34:36.146 [http-bio-8080-exec-6] WARN  
o.a.g.auth.ldap.user.UserService - Could not query list of all users for 
attribute "cn": Error while querying users.

VERY close now!  Thoughts?
Harry

From: Erik Berndt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 12:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Configuring LDAP

I don't know if you paraphrased the config file, but I noticed the 
ldap-search-bind-dn common name doesn't have the space escaped. I wonder if 
guacd is treating the ldap-search-bind-dn cn as two separate entries, hence the 
"Multiple DNs possible" error?

I'm not sure if it's required or not, but I fully qualified each LDAP parameter 
i.e. ldap-search-bind-dn: CN="Directory Manager",OU=foo,DC=faa,DC=gov" and it's 
working successfully for us. The search-bind-dn user should be part of the 
base-dn in case it isn't already.

The relevant LDAP attributes from our working configuration are below.

ldap-hostname: dc.local
ldap-port: 389
ldap-user-base-dn: OU="Superior Paving Employees",DC=superiorpaving,DC=net
ldap-search-bind-dn: CN=guacamole,OU="Information 
Technology",OU=Office,OU="Superior Paving Employees",DC=superiorpaving,DC=net
ldap-search-bind-password: XXXXX


Erik Berndt / Systems Administrator
5551 Wellington Rd, Gainesville, VA 20155
703.631.0004 x520 (Phone) / 703.257.1725 (Fax)
http://www.superiorpaving.net

Need to open an IT support ticket?
http://FixIT.superiorpaving.net/portal or 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 11:11 AM, 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how the LDAP is configured below?  
This still isn’t working for me and I’d like to know why.

Thanks,
Harry

From: Devine, Harry (FAA)
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 1:49 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Configuring LDAP

Here’s my current /etc/guacamole/guacamole.properties file:

#MySQL properties
mysql-hostname: localhost
mysql-port:3306
mysql-database: guacdb
mysql-username: guacuser
mysql-password: guacadmin
mysql-default-max-connections-per-user: 0
mysql-default-max-group-connections-per-user:0

#LDAP properties
ldap-hostname:my.hostname
ldap-port:389
ldap-encryption-method:none
ldap-dereference-aliases:never
ldap-search-bind-dn:cn=Directory Manager
ldap-search-bind-password:pass123
ldap-user-base-dn:dc=example,dc=com
#ldap-username-attribute=cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com
ldap-username-attribute:cn
ldap-group-base-dn:cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com


When I use the ldap-username-attribute:cn setting, I get the error where the 
Multiple DNs are what’s being complained about.  If I use the other one (the 
commented out one above), I simply get “Authentication attempted …… failed”.  
We use the “cn=users,cn=accounts” string in other projects where we communicate 
with our LDAP server, so I’m pretty sure that’s correct.

Thanks,
Harry

From: Jonathan Hankins [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 12:38 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Configuring LDAP

Harry, you said you tried "modifying ldap-username-attribute to be 
cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com" - just wanted to confirm. 
Ldap-username-attribute should be an LDAP attribute name like cn. Could you 
post your complete (redacted) guacamole.properties as you have it currently?

Also, I saw that on a previous attempt today you got the log message:

Nov 27 09:42:01 access server: 09:42:01.909 [http-bio-8080-exec-6] WARN 
o.a.g.a.l.AuthenticationProviderService - Multiple DNs possible for user 
"harry.devine": [uid=harry.devine,cn=users,cn=compat,dc=example,dc=com, 
uid=harry.devine,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com]

If you have two users under your search base with uid (or cn, or whatever you 
are using for ldap-username-attribute) "harry.devine" you are going to have to 
use a more specific search base or a more unique ldap-username-attribute or a 
more restrictive search filter so that you don't get multiple matches for the 
username you are typing into the username field on the login page.

I.e., the attribute you match against has to uniquely identify the user beneath 
your search base for your query.

-Jonathan Hankins

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 10:10 AM Nick Couchman 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:02 AM, 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
OK, so I tried that, including modifying ldap-username-attribute to be 
cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=example,dc=com, and now I get a 403 error in the 
Developer Tools, and the following error in /var/log/messages:

Nov 27 10:00:34 access server: 10:00:34.766 [http-bio-8080-exec-8] WARN  
o.a.g.r.auth.AuthenticationService - Authentication attempt from 
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for user "harry.devine" failed.

However, I know that the password is 100% correct.  Where to look now?  I feel 
we’re getting very close.


What LDAP server are you running?  You probably mentioned it already somewhere 
in this thread, and I'm going to guess Active Directory, but just want to make 
sure?  If it's OpenLDAP then it is quite possible it is configured to disallow 
logins without some form of encryption (although I wouldn't expect the search 
bind to work in this case, but who knows).  AD doesn't usually have those 
restrictions, but depending on the environment, it actually might require 
encryption, as well.  Other than that, it would be useful to get a log from the 
LDAP server that indicates why it is failing authentication - if it believes 
the password is wrong, or if it is throwing some other sort of error.  I 
realize that you might be in an organization where you don't have access to 
that server or those logs, but, if you do, that would be helpful.

-Nick

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