"Temporary authentication failure" ? Cant connect with ldap user

Tue Feb 24 10:10:16 UTC 2015

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On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, David Scheele wrote:

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> *ldapsearch -x cn=admin* gives me:
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> | # A bunch of information not really interesting
> | # search result
> | search: 2
> | result: 32 No such object
> |
> | numResponses: 1
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> *ldapsearch -x cn=admin* gives the same.
> Did i configure the ldap wrong?

ldapsearch -x -h localhost cn=admin ?

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> 2015-02-24 10:42 GMT+01:00 Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de>:
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>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, David Scheele wrote:
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>>> The ldap-utils were already installed.
>>> I did the ldapsearch you gave me, but after inputting my admin password it
>>> gives me
>>> *ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)*
>>> I logged into the ldap server with my admin credentials (which worked
>>> fine)
>>> and changed my password to '12345', Trying that, still *Invalid
>>> credentials*
>>> .
>>>
>>
>> Oh forgot:
>>
>> ldapsearch -x  ..
>>
>> Also try:
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>> ldapsearch -x cn=admin
>>
>>
>> to get the full DN of the admin
>>
>>
>>  1.) I tried that already. The error switches to syntax error then.
>>> 2.) Not really. An upper case letter and a number + various lowercase
>>> letters. Not very exotic.
>>>
>>> Is the pass_filter neccessary? I just wanted to make the installation as
>>> basic as possible, to not get any unwanted errors.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> David
>>>
>>> 2015-02-24 10:02 GMT+01:00 Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de
>>>> :
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>>>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015, David Scheele wrote:
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>>>>  2015-02-24 8:05 GMT+01:00 Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de
>>>>>> :
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Mon, 23 Feb 2015, David Scheele wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  So, I set up the Server, installed and configured postfix, ldap and
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  dovecot
>>>>>>> (in that order) and now simply try to log into the mail account with a
>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>> from the LDAP over telnet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The test looks like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *|> telnet localhost 143*
>>>>>>> *| a bunch of stuff ending with:*
>>>>>>> *| OK [**] Dovecot ready.*
>>>>>>> *|> a login username userpassword*
>>>>>>> *| a NO [UNAVAILABLE] Temporary authentication failure. [host and date
>>>>>>> here]*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the logs it says
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *|[date] mailserver dovecot: auth: Error: LDAP: binding failed (dn
>>>>>>> cn=admin): Invalid credentials*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I KNOW the admin password I entered into the dovecot-lda.conf.ext
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> correct as I use it to log into the LDAP directory over jxplorer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also know the password for the user i try to log in with is correct
>>>>>>> as i
>>>>>>> set it myself over and over just to be sure there are no typos.
>>>>>>> I'm at a loss, I've been at this end for a few days now and can't find
>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>> tutorials online because its either always an old dovecot, postfix,
>>>>>>> ldap
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>> debian version and somewhere in the middle it just stops because some
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>> is completely missing. I get the impression I'm just not able-brained
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> linux useage.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, here are a few more informations about the system:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Dovecot version 2.1.7*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Output of grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' dovecot-ldap.conf.ext:
>>>>>>> *hosts = localhost*
>>>>>>> *dn = cn=admin*
>>>>>>> *dnpass = [password]*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  install the ldap-utils package - that one containing ldapsearch - and
>>>> execute:
>>>>
>>>> ldapsearch -W -D cn=admin -b 'dc=[domainname],dc=de' \
>>>> '(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=<<uid>>))'
>>>>
>>>> then enter your password.
>>>>
>>>> 1) I suppose, cn=admin is missing a domain name, e.g.
>>>> dc=[domainname],dc=de .
>>>>
>>>> 2) does your dnpass contain "funny" characters?
>>>>
>>>>  *sasl_bind = no*
>>>>
>>>>> *tls = no*
>>>>>>> *auth_bind = yes*
>>>>>>> *ldap_version = 3*
>>>>>>> *base = dc=[domainname],dc=de*
>>>>>>> *user_attrs = uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid*
>>>>>>> *user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))*
>>>>>>> *pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  BTW: You do not habe no pass_filter or I deleted it last time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Output of dovecot -n:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *disable_plaintest_auth = no*
>>>>>>> *mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u*
>>>>>>> *[namespace config here]*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *passdb {*
>>>>>>> *args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> filename mismatch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *driver = ldap*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *}*
>>>>>>> *plugin {*
>>>>>>> *sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve*
>>>>>>> *sieve_dir = ~/sieve*
>>>>>>> *}*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *protocols = " imap pop3"*
>>>>>>> *ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem*
>>>>>>> *ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem*
>>>>>>> *userdb {*
>>>>>>> *args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext*
>>>>>>> *driver =ldap*
>>>>>>> *}*
>>>>>>> *protocol pop3 {*
>>>>>>> *pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh*
>>>>>>> *pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv*
>>>>>>> *}*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help would be greatly apprechiated.... I'm going crazy over here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  - -- Steffen Kaiser
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>  - -- Steffen Kaiser
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- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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