Re: ldap auth problem

On 1/2/07, Ing. Dan Horáček <dan(at)plhb(dot)highlands(dot)cz> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> I've just installed postgres 8.2.0-1 for win32 and wanted to try out the
> built-in LDAP support(with Openldap and Novell eDirectory).
> The following LDAP authentication was added to "pg_hba.conf" :
>
> Openldap:
> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ldap
> ldap://localhost/dc=dandoma,dc=cz;cn=;,dc=dandoma,dc=cz
>
> However when trying to connect, it gave the error.
> Look at the server log:
> 2006-12-31 19:34:59 LOG: LDAP login failed for user
> "cn=postgres
dc=dandoma
dc=cz" on server "localhost": error code 34
> 2006-12-31 19:34:59 FATAL: LDAP authentication failed for user "postgres"
>
>
> eDirectory:
> pg_hba.conf:
> host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ldap
> ldap://192.168.168.2/ou=win2000,o=plhb;cn=;,ou=win2000,o=plhb
>
> Server log:
> 2006-12-29 13:50:18 LOG: LDAP login failed for user
> "cn=xxx
ou=win2000
o=plhb" on server "192.168.168.2": error code 32
> 2006-12-29 13:50:18 FATAL: LDAP authentication failed for user "xxx"
>
> The problem seems to be in conversion of comma in suffix.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Dan
>

I have found that quoting the suffix works. The conversion does not
happen when quoting.