Authentication failed message in secure LDAP (aka LDAPS)
- Article Type: General
- Product: Primo
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Problem Symptoms:
* parameters in ldap_*.conf (ldap host, port, initial bind dn, initial bind password, and so on) have been confirmed correct by customer
* authentication still fails
* authentication errors seen in "[PDS_main] func = login" section of pds_server.log (when PDS DEBUG mode is enabled):
DEBUG [ldap::search_ldap] Performing search
DEBUG [ldap::search_ldap] Binding as cn=LDAP-pds,ou=APPS,o=LXS
ERROR [ldap::search_ldap] Error: could not perform initial bind
ERROR [ldap::ldap] Authentication failed
Cause:
*defect
*see Additional Information
Resolution:
Workaround: use uppercase 'Y' in pdsroot/conf_table/ldap_*.conf:
secure_ldap = Y
Additional Information
*value of secure_ldap in pdsroot/conf_table/ldap_*.conf file is case sensitive *correct values are uppercase Y/N *lowercase values y/n will *not* work
Category: PDS - Primo
Subject: Primo
- Article last edited: 8/11/2014