On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 11:57 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 07:52:35 -0700,
> bruce <bedouglas(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>> as an example, i tried to use:
>> ldapsearch -x -h
ldap.bu.edu -b "dc=bu,dc=edu" "(sn=tom*)"
>> (but this generates a ldap_bind: protocol error...
>
> I looked through the man page and tried a couple of things that seemed might
> work and found the -P 2 option got this query to work.
Yes, that forces LDAP protocol V2. By default, newer LDAP clients (and
servers) default to LDAP protocol V3, which uses SASL to encrypt the
authentication.
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ignoring the thought that -x disables SASL and it being a 'public LDAP
server' that authentication is not required or possible without an
account.
Craig
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