Thread: ldap auth problem

On 1/2/07, Ing. Dan Horáček <dan@plhb.highlands.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.