Re: Using LDAP with postgresql 8.2 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Victor Hugo
Subject Re: Using LDAP with postgresql 8.2
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Msg-id AANLkTi==S7PosCsy0C0XMvKdDQU7_vRVUOSWbhuHh6dU@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Using LDAP with postgresql 8.2  (Kieren Scott <kierenscott@hotmail.com>)
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Hi,

Do you compile your postgresql with clause --with-ldap ??


Configuration pg_hba.conf:

host    base_central     all             0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0 ldap
"ldap://172.16.10.2/dc=mydomain,dc=com;uid=;,ou=Users,dc=mydomain,dc=com"

Verify now...

See you soon.

[]´s
victor hugo
Brazil-RJ


2010/10/28 Kieren Scott <kierenscott@hotmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I've setup LDAP on Postgresql 8.3.6 by adding the following line to
> pg_hba.conf. My Active Directory has a group called 'users group' which
> contains an entry for user pgtest.
>
> host   all   pgtest    xx.xxx.x.x/xx      ldap
> "ldap://server.mydomain.com:389/basedn;cn=;,ou=users
> group,dc=mydomain,dc=com"
>
> I have restarted the PG server but when I try to connect via psql from
> another host, I get the following error: -
>
> 2010-10-28 16:30:36 BST [1095]: [2-1] FATAL:  LDAP authentication failed for
> user "pgtest"
> 2010-10-28 16:30:36 BST [1096]: [1-1] LOG:  LDAP login failed for user
> "cn=pgtest,ou=users group,dc=mydomain,dc=com" on server
> "server.mydomain.com": error code 49
>
> So it looks like the cn, ou and dc parameters are correct, but for some
> reason Openldap is returning error 49, which is a generic authentication
> failure message.
>
> Can anyone suggest anything that I might be doing wrong? Could it be the
> line in pg_hba.conf that is wrong, or possibly the ldap package on the
> server (debian linux) not working
>  properly?
>
> Any ideas much appreciated!
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: kierenscott@hotmail.com
> To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Using LDAP with postgresql 8.2
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:57:32 +0000
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking to implement LDAP authentication againt Active Directory for my
> Postgresql databases. What's people experiences of using LDAP for
> authenticating logins with AD?
> Is it easy to setup and is there anything to watch out for e.g. does
> Postgresql do anything
> intrusive on Active Directory (create anything) or does it just simply bind
> to AD, validate the
> username/password pair and return success/failure back to the client?
>
> Many thanks!
>



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