Re: LDAP configuration problem

>
> The rpms for Fedora 6 from www.postgresql.com don't seem to have the
> LDAP support built-in, it shows that

Hmmm... that isn't good. Although, do we want to -require- ldap?

Joshua D. Drake

>
> invalid entry in file "/pub/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf" at line 79, token
> "ldap"
>
> But after download the source, recompile with "--with-ldap", it worked
> perfectly. I wonder if this could be built in the rpm as the default
> in the future.
>
> Thanks and happy new year.
>
> Wenjian
>
>
> On 12/29/06, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> Wenjian Yang wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, below are the lines in the log file:
> >
> > LOG: invalid entry in file "/pub/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf" at
> line 78,
> > token "ldap://dc.domain.com/dc=domain^Adc=com;DOMAIN\"
> > FATAL: missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file
> > HINT: See server log for details.
> >
> > And the pg_hba.conf line 78, is
> >
> > host all all 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0/> 0.0.0.0
> <http://0.0.0.0/>
> > ldap://dc.domain.com/dc=domain,dc=com/DOMAIN\
> >
> > Since the previous email, I had the same problem on another
> FC6 x86_64 box.
>
> What does the message show if you change the line per my
> suggestion
> below? (note the extra ldap token)
>
> //Magnus
>
>
> > On 12/29/06, *Magnus Hagander* <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net
> > <mailto:magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>> wrote:
> >
> > Wenjian Yang wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've just installed 8.2.0 from rpms on FC6 i386 and
> wanted to try out
> > > the built-in LDAP support.
> > >
> > > The following LDAP authentication was added to
> "pg_hba.conf"
> > >
> > > host all all 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0>
> <http://0.0.0.0> 0.0.0.0
> > <http://0.0.0.0> <http://0.0.0.0 >
> > > ldap://dc.domain.com/dc=domain,dc=com/DOMAIN\
> > >
> > > However when trying to connect from another machine,
> it gave the error
> > > "FATAL: missing or erroneous pg_hba.conf file".
> > >
> > > Looking at the server log, the comma in
> "dc=domain,dc=com" has
> > become ^A
> > > while all the other characters are intact.
> > >
> > > Does this have to do with some other packages or I
> specified the the
> > > line wrong? Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > The first thing you've done wrong is not actually
> include the log lines
> > that had something to do with it. What are those server
> log lines?
> >
> > Anyway, I beleive you should write:
> > host all all 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0> 0.0.0.0
> <http://0.0.0.0> ldap
> > ldap://dc.domain.com/dc=domain,dc=com/DOMAIN\
> >
> >
> > //Magnus
> >
> >
>
>
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