On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 13:54, David Kerr <dmk@mr-paradox.net> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I was hoping someone could help me with ye olde ldap authentication syntax.
>
> I'm currently using PG 8.3.9 and an upgrade is not an option.
>
> Now, that being said, since i'm very new to LDAP i decided to use PG 9 to experiment with
> since it looks like it has an easier syntax.
>
> So what i've got working in PG9 is the following:
> <hba stuff> ldap ldapserver=w.x.y.z ldapbinddn="cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=com" ldapbindpasswd="password"
> ldapbasedn="ou=postgresql,dc=domain,dc=com"
>
>
> I'm trying to translate that to the old syntax of:
> <hba stuff> ldap "ldap://w.x.y.z/ou=postgresql,dc=domain,dc=com;<stuff>"
>
> basically, i don't know how to fit cn=admin and ldapbindpassword into that string.
The search+bind feature is not available on 8.3 - it's a new feature in 9.0.
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