Please note that all double quote characters in this example are plain ASCII ” characters not typographical ones!
Step 1: first we need to install the required packages:
#yum install openldap-servers migrationtools
Step2: As the configuration for LDAP is stored inside the LDAP server itself the configuration has to be done by editing LDIF files under the /etc/openldap/slapd.d/ directory.
Now create the ldap password:
#slappasswd
you’ll get something like this ”{SSHA}r2or9f2vYlvieCu0LP6wTnSdYfrddsuV” as a result. This is the string we will have to add to the bdb.ldif config file.
# vim /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}bdb.ldif
substitute my-domain.com with yourdomain.com
:%s/dc=my-domain,dc=com/dc=yourdmain,dc=com/g
Step 3: We now set the admin password and specify the location of our encryption certificate and key.
add these 3 lines at the end of the file bdb.ldif file:
olcRootPW: {SSHA}r2or9f2vYlvieCu0LP6wTnSdYfrddsuV
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
Step 4: Now we have to specify the monitoring privileges
#vim /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={2}monitor.ldif
again, we have to replace the default domain name with our domain name
:%s/cn=manager,dc=my-domain,dc=com/cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com/g
Step 5: Now its time for the Database Cache
#updatedb
#cp /usr/share/doc/openldap-servers-2.4.19/ DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
#chown -Rf ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap/
Step 6: Now we will need to set up a certificate for TLS. First we need to edit /etc/sysconfig/ldap and change SLAPD_LDAPS from no to yes.
#vi /etc/sysconfig/ldap
SLAPD_LDAPS=yes
Now we can create the certificate
#openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem -keyout /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem -days 365
This will create the two required keys in the /etc/pki/tls/certs/ directory. We need to make them readable for the ldap user.
# chown -Rf root:ldap /etc/pki/tls/certs/$cert.pem
# chmod -Rf 750 /etc/pki/tls/certs/$key.pem
Step 7: Time to test our configuration
# slaptest -u
config file testing succeeded
Step 8: Start the ldap server
#service sladp start
lets check if our ldap server really works:
#ldapsearch -x -b ”dc=yourdomain,dc=com”
if you get a search: 2 then your on track!
Step 9: Configure the base domain
#vi base.ldif
dn: dc=yourdomain,dc=net
dc: yourdomain
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
dn: ou=People,dc=yourdomain,dc=net
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
dn: ou=Group,dc=yourdomain,dc=net
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
now we import our base information to the ldap directory:
#ldapadd -x -W -D ”cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f base.ldif
Step 10: lets migrate the users
Go to the directory /usr/share/migrationtools. Edit the file
# vim /usr/share/migrationtools/migrate_common.ph
Set:
# Default DNS domain
$DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN = ”yourdomain.com”;
# Default base
$DEFAULT_BASE = ”dc=yourdomain,dc=com”;
#grep ”:5[0-9][0-9]” /etc/passwd > passwd
#grep ”:5[0-9][0-9]” /etc/group > group
#./migrate_passwd.pl passwd > users.ldif
#./migrate_group.pl group > group.ldif
#sed -e ”s/ou=Group/ou=Groups/g” group.ldif > groups.ldif
ldapadd -x -W -D ”cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f users.ldif
ldapadd -x -W -D ”cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f groups.ldif
Step 11: Testing the ldap server. We check if user mani exists
#ldapsearch -x ”cn=mani” -b ”dc=mycompany,dc=com”
If the test is successful your done 🙂
Hey, this is a great posting. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
I do have one question though..
When I add: olcRootPW: {SSHA}…. as part of your instructions
I get the following message when I run the slaptest -u
olcRootPW: value #0: can only be set when rootdn is under suffix
I can’t see what I’ve missed. If I comment that line out of the olcDatabase={2}monitor.ldif the error goes away, but I of course can’t authenticate either.
Any ideas?
Yes the 3 lines
olcRootPW: {SSHA}r2or9f2vYlvieCu0LP6wTnSdYfrddsuV
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
have to be added to the /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}bdb.ldif file not the olcDatabase={2}monitor.ldif.
Hi, thanks for the help. I’ve been looking for some help for a while. I stuck on a certain point. Where you import base information:
ldapadd -x -W -D “cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f base.ldif
I get an error:
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
additional info: invalid DN
I don’t know why I’m getting this error. I changed yourdomain to example which is my domain.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks,
Rob
Hi Robert,
You have to pay attention the syntax in the ldif file:
Here an example:
dn: dc=domb,dc=net // (dn:[whitespace] dc=domb,dc=net [ENTER])
dc: domb
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain [ENTER]
[ENTER]
dn: ou=People,dc=domb,dc=net
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit[ENTER]
[ENTER]
dn: ou=Group,dc=domb,dc=net
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
Hope this helps to solve your problem. If not post me your base.ldif
hello i finally found someone doing it on rhel6 thanks, but when i run the
slaptest -u
i get
<= str2entry: str2ad({SSHA}bfHIutM8Pjx+379BVH0gvdhUdRNwq5cK): empty AttributeDescription
slaptest: bad configuration file!
the {SSHA…..} string is what i added to my file /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}bdb.ldif . these are the lines that i added to that file (how it looks)
{SSHA}bfHIutM8Pjx+379BVH0gvdhUdRNwq5cK
olcRootPW: {SSHA}bfHIutM8Pjx+379BVH0gvdhUdRNwq5cK
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
what am i doing wrong?
thank you
dave
create the ssl cert and run the test again. When you run the slaptest -u before creating the certificate you’ll get that error.
Where can I find the official RHEL-6 document of the configuration of both LDAP server and client?
Thanks,
James
You can find it at http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/index.html
Thank you very much for the post, and all of the others here too! I’m studying for the RHCE and although I have a good background with a lot of the material from working in webhosting for many years, LDAP is brand new to me and this was the simplest and most lucid tutorial I’ve yet found.
I do have one suggestion, and it may help others too. Please change the double quote characters in your example to use the plain ASCII ” character instead of the typographical open and close quote characters. Like Robert above, the ldapadd command initially gave me this error
ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
additional info: invalid DN
It turned out to be the result of the UTF-8 open and clsoe quote chars. I had to change the command from this
ldapadd -x -W -D “cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f base.ldif
to this
ldapadd -x -W -D “cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com” -f base.ldif
(And I hope WordPress doesn’t auto change those quotes on me! The second line should have the non-curved typewriter double quote symbol from the ASCII set.)
Hmpf. WordPress changed the quotes on me automatically. 🙂
Thank you very much for detailed instruction! When I restarted slapd, I met the following issue:
Checking configuration files for slapd: [FAILED]
PROXIED attributeDescription “DC” inserted.
<= str2entry: str2ad(dc): attribute type undefined
slaptest: bad configuration file!
If I did not do a slapd restart, the ldap server seemed working fine. Do you know why it happened?
Thanks.
Did you manage to solve this issue i am having the same problem
Did encounter this error, but resolved after removing my base.ldif and user.ldif files from the /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/ dir. Think that no other files should be kept within this cn=config besides the slapd generated ldifs.
hi
Thank you so much.
I been trying so long time with like old ldap configuration.
Finally I got though you. Thanking you lot
Thanks
Ramakrishna
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base with scope subtree
# filter: (objectclass=*)
# requesting: ALL
#
# search result
search: 2
result: 32 No such object
# numResponses: 1
After step #ldapsearch -x -b ”dc=yourdomain,dc=com”
Also, I am not finding the following file to configure:
Step 9: Configure the base domain
#vi base.ldif
Where is this config file located at?
Any help would be great.
plz tell me where is the error
dn: dc=sridhar,dc=net
dc: sridhar
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
dn: ou=People,dc=sridhar,dc=net
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
dn: ou=Group,dc=sridhar,dc=net
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
type ls from where you first typed vi base.ldif
JD
Plz tell me how I can add a new custom attribute which is not included presently to this OpenLDAP server of RHEL 6. I would like to extend the schema of the same.
Hello, First of all thank you for the tutorial.
Running into a similar issue as the first comment. I have only add the 3 lines:
olcRootPW: {SSHA}my-hash
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
To the end of:
/etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}bdb.ldif
And I get the error:
[root@directory ~]# slaptest -u
olcRootPW: value #0: can only be set when rootdn is under suffix
config error processing olcDatabase={1}bdb,cn=config: can only be set when rootdn is under suffix
slaptest: bad configuration file!
Not sure whats up and don’t know what else to change. Thanks !
Solved it, quotes around hash helped.
I just have to say thank you for this how-to
I only had to do one thing differently:
chown -f root:ldap /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pemI am tring on my localhost with dc=test,dc=com
however LDAPSEARCH gave the following output :
ldapsearch -x -b “dc=test,dc=com”
which gave me error as below:
ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can’t contact LDAP server (-1)
here I have added localhost and given me following output:
ldapsearch -x -h localhost -b “dc=test,dc=com”
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base with scope subtree
# filter: (objectclass=*)
# requesting: ALL
#
# search result
search: 2
result: 32 No such object
# numResponses: 1
—————————————-
Am I correct here?
I have created the base.ldif and tried ldapadd command as:
ldapadd -x -h 127.0.0.1 -D “cn=Manager,dc=test,dc=com” -W -f base.ldif
ldapadd -x -h locahost -D “cn=Manager,dc=test,dc=com” -W -f base.ldif
ldapadd -x -h -D “cn=Manager,dc=test,dc=com” -W -f base.ldif
with the password which was generated with cammand
#slappasswd
This gaves error as:
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
What is wrong ? Please help!!!!
Thank you for this how-to. Everything works.
NOTE: Do not directly copy text of this how-to, better you enter the text on a new
Iam not able to find the the DB_CONFIG File in openldap-servers path
#cp /usr/share/doc/openldap-servers-2.4.19/ DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
AND
Please tell me the location of “base.ldif” file…
Please tell me the location of “base.ldif” file…
i have done all steps upto 7 steps and all are working fine but when i start the slapd service ,it failed,when i start the slapd service 1st time it show me the warning suffix of DB_CONFIG file has changed,performing data base recovery to apply new settings
dbb_db_open: database “dc=example.com,dc=com”:recpvery skipped in read only mode.run manual recovery if error persist
config file testing succeded.
starting slapd: [Failed]
and it shows service failed whenever i start the service
please help 🙁
Thanks for he tutorial. I’m not proficient with Openldap. This is he first time I’m trying to implement it at home. I’m running Centos 6.0 I’m stuck on step #9. When I do the <> I get the following error
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
where do u think I may have gone wrong?
Thanks
Sorry, had to repost
Thanks for he tutorial. I’m not proficient with Openldap. This is he first time I’m trying to implement it at home. I’m running Centos 6.0 I’m stuck on step #9. When I do the
# ldapadd -x -W -D “cn=Manager,dc=rmasonfamily,dc=info” -f /root/base.ldif
I get the following error
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
where do u think I may have gone wrong?
Thanks
Hey any one can help me to build my ldapserver after slaptest -u.
i have successfully tested my slaptest -u opting but as I start my slapd deamon it get failed neither it stops nor starts. And I want to inform that my eth0 is also creating problem I cant configure Static IP it fails after service network restart. I am using COMPAQ CQ 40 series laptop. and RHEL 6.0. Plz help me.
what is wrong with my configuration? please see message below. tnx
#ldapadd -x -W -D ”cn=Manager,dc=ncfs” -f ncfs.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
additional info: invalid DN
My ldif file:
==============
dn: dc=ncfs
dc: ncfs
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
dn: ou=People,dc=ncfs
ou: People
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
dn: ou=Group,dc=ncfs
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
For those of you with errors:
————
PROBLEM
————
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
—————————————-
SOLUTION/TROUBLESHOOTING
—————————————-
Use ldapsearch in debug mode to identify the issue:
No encryption:
# ldapsearch -x -b “dc=yourdomain,dc=net” -d -1
With TLS:
# ldapsearch -x -b “dc=yourdomain,dc=net” -ZZ -d -1
One add on to Laurent’s entry if you use a self-signed Certification. Remember to add below line as well to bdb.ldif:
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
Otherwise, you will get complaints about self-signed certificate. 🙂
It seems there’s a typo:
dn: ou=Group,dc=yourdomain,dc=net
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
… as later Group is replaced with Groups. Anyway, I’ve got an error with plural and passed through with singular :).
Hi, thanks for telling us the configuration of openldap server for RHEL 6. I have done all that you have written in this blog and my openldap service has started…but
Can you tell me how i can integrate openldap with Samba as a PDC for RHEL 6?
Did you manage to successfully configure samba with the ldap backend. I am looking for a solution to this.
If anyone has a solution please share
Hi,
Thanks so much bro for this helped me a lot, regarding the fact that redhat as explicitly mentioned not manually editing the ldif files
(http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-Directory_Servers.html#s2-ldap-configuration)
is there a neater way to do this using commands?
This is an excellent article, thanks for taking the time to write it.
I had built LDAP domains in CentOS 5 a number of times, but the new configuration layout threw me.
Thanks!
When trying to add the ldap ,am getting the error…………….
ldapadd -x -W -D “cn=Manager,dc=rhceldap,dc=com” -f base.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
where is the location of base.ldif file?………..
Thanks in advance………..
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
get solved by adding
URI ldap://192.168.0.4/
BASE dc=rhceldap,dc=com
TLS_CACERTDIR /etc/openldap/cacerts
on /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
This is a great, Thanks
A question on base.ldif.
The example for base.ldif is alway dc=yourdomain,dc=com. But the dc assigned to me at work is dc=area,dc=test,dc=org (my domain is area.test.org).
How would my base.ldif look like? What do I use on the dc:?
dn: dc=area,dc=test,dc=org
dc: ????
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
Thanks!
Great posting… Thank you…
I configured LDAP as described above i didn’t got any errors but when i Start the LDAP service its failed .. i couldn’t figure out the error… When i checked the certifacate folder /etc/pki/tls/certs i couldn’t find any certificates generated… So can you help me in this case…
Thankyou…
I get the following error when I try and do a slaptest -u
slaptest -u
database init failed (monitor)
olcDatabase: value #0: only one monitor database allowed (monitor)
config error processing olcDatabase={1}monitor,cn=config: only one monitor database allowed
slaptest: bad configuration file!
Can anyone help out ?
My five cents in addition to this very helpful howto:
Add
TLS_CACERT /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pemto ldap.conf.
Otherwise, running request with TLS
ldapsearch -x -b “dc=yourdomain,dc=net” -ZZ
you’ll get ‘Self-signed certificate’ error.
I got the following error
<= str2entry: str2ad(New Passowrd): AttributeDescription contains inappropriate characters
slaptest: bad configuration file!
What I done mistake???
lol.. I got, I done a silly mistake.. when i redirect that password, i forgot to remove the New Password:
Re-enter new password:
lines….. what a silly mistake i done.
Excellent posting. I teach Linux at a local community college and after reading some of the postings I suspect some of the above users are coping and pasting your text into their config files. This changes the formatting and will give them errors; even the command dos2unix will not always fix this. There is one typo that may throw a newbie off: you have “service sladp start” Like me, you probably have large fingers. Thanks again fro supporting the community.
Kind regards,
Randy
Thank you so much for an easy to follow guide.
I have installed and configured openldap on my rhel6 server and would want to use FreeRadius with openldap. The two are working well separatley and I would now like to set them up such that users can connect through Freeradius and authenticate on an openldap backend. Can you point me to documentation for doing this on rhel6?
The documentation that i am currently getting refers to a different version and I have configuration files (unedited) that are completely different from what I am referred to. I understand that RHEL has a different radius configuration file and I wold want to know how to configure freeradius to se openldap for authentication.
@Abhinav
On RHEL 6 the DB_CONFIG.example file is located at /usr/share/DB_CONFIG.example
Ok To answer my own question , the authenticate and authorisation modules are in the modules directory. Another question, is there anyone who knows where documentation fro rhel6 is?
Thank you for putting out this step by step guide. Without it, it is almost impossible to get openLDAP setup with RHEL6. You should consider contributing this piece to openldap project as there are many people who might be able to save time using this.
I had to change dc=com from dc=net in base.ldif because I was getting error when using dc=net.
Thanks again.
#slaptest -u
config file testing succeeded —NEXT— And ERROR I am getting down there is as……
[root@newspeak openldap]# ldapadd -x -W -D ”cn=Manager,dc=newspeak,dc=org” -f base.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid DN syntax (34)
additional info: invalid DN ——————–NEXT———————–“GOT ERROR”———-
#vi base.ldif
dn: dc=newspeak,dc=org
dc: newspeak
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
dn: ou=People,dc=newspeak,dc=org
ou: People
objectClass: topdn: olcDatabase={2}monitor
objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
olcDatabase: {2}monitor
olcAccess: {0}to * by dn.base=”cn=Manager,dc=newspeak,dc=org” read by * non
e
olcAddContentAcl: FALSE
olcLastMod: TRUE
olcMaxDerefDepth: 15
olcReadOnly: FALSE
olcMonitoring: FALSE
structuralObjectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
entryUUID: 629b5a62-88cd-1030-94b5-5b8c5298a3ff
creatorsName: cn=config
createTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
entryCSN: 20111012032406.106705Z#000000#000#000000
modifiersName: cn=config
modifyTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
objectClass: organizationalUnit
dn: ou=Group,dc=newspeak,dc=org
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit ——–NEXT———
#vim /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}bdb.ldif
dn: olcDatabase={1}bdb
objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
objectClass: olcBdbConfig
olcDatabase: {1}bdb
olcSuffix: dc=newspeak,dc=org
olcAddContentAcl: FALSE
olcLastMod: TRUE
olcMaxDerefDepth: 15
olcReadOnly: FALSE
olcRootDN: cn=Manager,dc=newspeak,dc=org
olcMonitoring: TRUE
olcDbDirectory: /var/lib/ldap
olcDbCacheSize: 1000
olcDbCheckpoint: 1024 15
olcDbNoSync: FALSE
olcDbDirtyRead: FALSE
olcDbIDLcacheSize: 0
olcDbIndex: objectClass pres,eq
olcDbIndex: cn pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: uid pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: uidNumber pres,eq
olcDbIndex: gidNumber pres,eq
olcDbIndex: mail pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: ou pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: loginShell pres,eq
olcDbIndex: sn pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: givenName pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: memberUid pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: nisMapName pres,eq,sub
olcDbIndex: nisMapEntry pres,eq,sub
olcDbLinearIndex: FALSE
olcDbMode: 0600
olcDbSearchStack: 16
olcDbShmKey: 0
olcDbCacheFree: 1
olcDbDNcacheSize: 0
structuralObjectClass: olcBdbConfig
entryUUID: 629b5454-88cd-1030-94b4-5b8c5298a3ff
creatorsName: cn=config
createTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
entryCSN: 20111012032406.106705Z#000000#000#000000
modifiersName: cn=config
modifyTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
olcRootPW: {SSHA}eCf/UCxBWzZuWc0Dd/mkW+jlaXxy++RF
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem ———NEXT———
#vim /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={2}monitor.ldif
dn: olcDatabase={2}monitor
objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
olcDatabase: {2}monitor
olcAccess: {0}to * by dn.base=”cn=Manager,dc=newspeak,dc=org” read by * non
e
olcAddContentAcl: FALSE
olcLastMod: TRUE
olcMaxDerefDepth: 15
olcReadOnly: FALSE
olcMonitoring: FALSE
structuralObjectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
entryUUID: 629b5a62-88cd-1030-94b5-5b8c5298a3ff
creatorsName: cn=config
createTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
entryCSN: 20111012032406.106705Z#000000#000#000000
modifiersName: cn=config
modifyTimestamp: 20111012032406Z
Can anyone help regarding the same??? Thanks in advance!!
I found the problem later. It was back quote (“). It is working now. Thank you very much Mr. Laurent. Good post!!!
hey…thank you for the wonderful guide…
but i’m getting following error while ldapsearch
ldapsearch -x -b “dc=example,dc=com”
ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can’t contact LDAP server (-1)
please help me..
RHEL 6.0 Documentation
System name: ldap.example.com
Domain name: example.com
System IP: 192.168.1.250
Step #1. Requirements
compat-openldap
openldap-clients
openldap-devel
openldap-servers
migrationtools
You can install them using the command:
yum install *openldap* migrationtools
Step #2. Create LDAP root user password
[root@ldap ~]# slappasswd
New password:
Re-enter new password:
{SSHA}cWB1VzxDXZLf6F4pwvyNvApBQ8G/DltW
[root@ldap ~]# mkdir -m 700 /var/lib/ldap/example.com
[root@ldap ~]# cp /usr/share/doc/openldap-servers-2.4.19/DB_CONFIG.example /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG
[root@ldap ~]# chown -Rvf ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap/
Step #3. Update /etc/openldap/slapd.conf for the root password
[root@ldap ~]# cp /etc/openldap/slapd.conf.bak /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
[root@ldap ~]# vim /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
Esc :%s/my-domain/example/gEnter. Check the below lines same as in config file
database bdb
suffix “dc=example,dc=com”
rootdn “cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com”
rootpw {SSHA}cWB1VzxDXZLf6F4pwvyNvApBQ8G/DltW
Step #4. vim /usr/share/migrationtools/migrate_common.ph change padl to example
Esc :%s/padl/example/g & check the below line(71 & 74) is same in config
$DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN = “example.comm”;
$DEFAULT_BASE = “dc=example,dc=com”;
Step # 5. Create a domain ldif file (/etc/openldap/example.com.ldif)
[root@ldap ~]# vim /etc/openldap/example.com.ldif
dn: dc=example,dc=com
dc: example
description: LDAP Admin
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: rootobject
dn: ou=People, dc=example,dc=com
ou: people
description: Users of example
objectClass: organizationalUnit
dn: ou=Group, dc=example,dc=com
ou: Group
description: Groups of example
objectClass: organizationalUnit
Step# 6 create a new config files using slaptest command
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1. Delete all files in directory /etc/openldap/slapd.d/ with the command
[root@ezylinux ~]# rm -rf /etc/openldap/slapd.d/*
2. Run slaptest for test the configuration file and create new configuration in directory /etc/openldap/slapd.d/.
[root@ezylinux ~]# slaptest -f /etc/openldap/slapd.conf -F /etc/openldap/slapd.d
3. Set permissions for a new configuration file.
[root@ezylinux ~]# chown -R ldap:ldap /etc/openldap/slapd.d
[root@ezylinux ~]# chmod -R 000 /etc/openldap/slapd.d
[root@ezylinux ~]# chmod -R u+rwX /etc/openldap/slapd.d
# service slapd restart (if any warning provide permission as chown ldap:ldap /var/lib/ldap –Rvf or chown ldap:ldap /etc/openldap/slapd.d)
Step # 7. Import all users in to the LDAP
Add the Domain ldif file
[root@ldap ~]# ldapadd -x -D “cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com” -W -f /etc/openldap/example.com.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry “dc=example,dc=com”
adding new entry “ou=People, dc=example,dc=com”
adding new entry “ou=group, dc=example,dc=com”
[root@ldap ~]#
Add the users:
[root@ldap ~]# mkdir /ldaphome
[root@ldap ~]# useradd –u 1000 -d /ldaphome/testusr testusr
[root@ldap ~]# passwd testusr
Changing password for user testusr.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Step # 8. Migrate local users to LDAP
[root@ldap ~]# grep testusr /etc/passwd > /etc/openldap/passwd.testusr
[root@ldap ~]# grep testusr /etc/group > /etc/openldap/group.testusr
[root@ldap ~]# /usr/share/migrationtools/migrate_passwd.pl /etc/openldap/passwd.testusr /etc/openldap/testusr.ldif
[root@ldap ~]# /usr/share/migrationtools/migrate_group.pl /etc/openldap/group.testusr /etc/openldap/testusr-group.ldif
Setp# 9 Adding users & groups into Ldap server
[root@ldap ~]# ldapadd -x -D “cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com” -W -f /etc/openldap/testusr.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry “uid=ldapuser1,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com”
[root@ldap ~]# ldapadd -x -D “cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com” -W -f /etc/openldap/testusr-group.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry “uid=ldapuser1,ou=Group,dc=example,dc=com”
Step # 10. Test LDAP Server
It prints all the user information:
[root@ldap ~]# ldapsearch -x -b ‘dc=example,dc=com’ ‘(objectclass=*)’
Step# 11 NFS for ldapuser home share:
#yum install nfs-utils
#service rpcbind restart
Vim /etc/exports
/ldaphome *(rw,sync)
#Chkconfig nfs on
#Service nfs restart
Home directory Creation in LDAP server(optional)
Reference from: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch31_:_Centralized_Logins_Using_LDAP_and_RADIUS#Create_The_Home_Directory_For_ldapuser_On_The_LDAP_Client
[root@smallfry tmp]# mkdir /ldaphome/wml
[root@smallfry tmp]# chmod 700 /home/ldaphome/wml
[root@smallfry tmp]# cp /etc/skel/.* /home/ldaphome/wml
cp: omitting directory
/etc/skel/.'/etc/skel/..’cp: omitting directory
cp: omitting directory `/etc/skel/.kde’
[root@smallfry tmp]# chown -R wml:group /home/ldaphome/wml
[root@smallfry tmp]#
2. 0. Step-by-step OpenLDAP Installation and Configuration of Client System
LDAP Client Configuration
Step # 1. Installation
[root@ldapclient ~]# yum install nss-pam-ldapd nfs-utils autofs
Step # 2. Autofs configuration
[root@ldapclient ~] vim /etc/auto.master
Add the below line in end:
/ldaphome /etc/auto.misc – -timeout=60
[root@ldapclient ~] vim /etc/auto.misc
Add the below line in end
* -rw,soft,intr 192.168.1.250:/ldaphome/&
[root@ldapclient ~] service autofs stop
[root@ldapclient ~] service autofs start
[root@ldapclient ~] service autofs reload
[root@ldapclient ~] service autofs restart
[root@ldapclient ~] service nfs restart
Step# 3 Settings ldap configuration
[root@ldapclient ~]# setup
Step #3. Settings
[*] Use LDAP [*] Use LDAP Authentication
[Both should be checked]
Click “Next”.
[ ] Use TLS
Server: ldap.example.com
Base DN: dc=example,dc=com
Click “Ok” to confirm.
OR
[root@ldapclient ~]# vim /etc/openldap/ldap.conf
URI ldap://ldap1.example.com
BASE dc=example,dc=com
[root@ldapclient ~] vim /etc/nssswitch.conf
passwd: files ldap
shadow: files ldap
group: files ldap
netgroup: files ldap
automount: files ldap
#chkconfig nfs on
#chkconfig autofs on
#chkconfig rpcbind on
[root@ldapclient ~] vim /etc/nslcd.conf
uid nslcd
gid ldap
uri ldap://ldap1.example.com
base dc=example,dc=com
ssl no
tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts
[root@ldapclient ~] vim /etc/pam_ldap.conf
Comment #host 127.0.0.1
base dc=example,dc=com
uri ldap://ldap1.example.com
ssl no
tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts
pam_password md5
Hello Laurent,
Here is my monitor section :
cat /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn\=config/olcDatabase\=\{2\}monitor.ldif
dn: olcDatabase={2}monitor,cn=config
objectclass: olcDatabaseConfig
olcaccess: {0}to * by dn.exact=”cn=Manager,dc=exemple,dc=fr”
by * none
olcaddcontentacl: FALSE
olcdatabase: {2}monitor
olclastmod: TRUE
olcmaxderefdepth: 15
olcmonitoring: FALSE
olcreadonly: FALSE
olcsyncusesubentry: FALSE
….
slapd runs and respond :
ldapsearch -x -D ‘cn=Manager,dc=exemple,dc=fr’ -W -b ‘olcDatabase={2}monitor,cn=config’ -s base 1.1
# {2}monitor, config
dn: olcDatabase={2}monitor,cn=config
# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success
However I can’t get any monitoring information :
$ ldapsearch -x -D ‘cn=Manager,dc=exemple,dc=fr’ -W -b ‘cn=Monitor’ -s base 1.1
# search result
search: 2
result: 32 No such object
Would you have any advice to use openldap monitoring abilities ?
# cat /etc/issue
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
openldap-servers-2.4.23-20.el6.x86_64
# slapd -VVV
@(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.23 (Oct 4 2011 07:43:22) $
mockbuild@x86-010.build.bos.redhat.com:/builddir/build/BUILD/openldap-2.4.23/openldap-2.4.23/build-servers/servers/slapd
Thanks !
hi,
you really did best and i was successful through your steps, thing was i dont fine any /usr/share/migration folder in my server. mine is rhel-64bit.
i dont know why it was not ther ldap search is fine, ok,
please help me finish the last 2 stepsa
thank you.
]# yum install migrationtools
will install the directory and other useful
scripts inside …
It works, good posts, thanks a lot! From China~
slaptest -u
PROXIED attributeDescription “DC” inserted.
<= str2entry: str2ad(dc): attribute type undefined
slaptest: bad configuration file!
[root@dc share]# ldapsearch -x -b .dc=hamdard,dc=com.
ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
Can any one help me on this. I have follow this post step by step.
Did you use double quotes or just copy pasted my example? WordPress does not add correct double quotes…
I have followed this doc as it is i did not change any thing. Before generating the certificate and key it was working fine but when i did that then you said to restart the slapd and i did that it was down but it wasn’t up again.
Please guide me where i am going wrong.
Hi,
Thank you for your all help i have configured successfully ldap server by following this guide.
Now my next question is how to move it into production environment where users can login on this ldap server.
I am configuring DNS with my domain on this server as well.
when i am trying to access this server by using above url ldap://192.168.0.6:389 it is not processing further can ou please tell me why ?
Thanks, very helpful.
I am configuring postfix+squirrelmail+dovecot with openldap on RHEL6.1_64 bit.
kindly help me to getthe rh-mail.schema.
Thanks,
Shankar
hello,
Thanks for you help in providing steps to configure LDAP server in RHEL6 and everything seems to be working but I am not able to login into the client machine using ldap server can any one please help me how can I do it?
My email address is
priyank.gupta.1984@gmail.com, please if possible reply me there or here
Hi,
I went thru the steps and it is working.
The clients I setup with the command
authconfig –disablenis –enablemkhomedir –enableshadow –enablelocauthorize –enableldap –ldapserver=10.24.0.55 –enablemd5 –ldapbasedn=dc=mydomain,dc=com –updateall
The clients are able to authenticate the logins.
but if a user is added or an existing user’s passwd is changed, that user is unable to login with the new password. what could be the issue please? any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am a newbie.
thanks
Ping
Hello I am getting the following errors when i start slapd service:
service slapd start
Checking configuration files for slapd: [FAILED]
olcRootPW: value #0: can only be set when rootdn is under suffix
config error processing olcDatabase={2}bdb,cn=config: can only be set when rootdn is under suffix
slaptest: bad configuration file!
But, if remove the lines that contains olcRootPW, olcTLSCertificateFile and
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile the service starts fine.
I have CentOS release 6.3 and OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.23
Thanks for your help,
G
Hi, thanks a lot for this tutorial, it has been very helpful!
I had a small question:
why do we need this command:
sed -e ”s/ou=Group/ou=Groups/g” group.ldif > groups.ldif
I think this will replace or=Group with ou=Groups, but in the base.ldif, we are using:
dn: ou=Group,dc=yourdomain,dc=net
Please let me know!
Thanks again!
Abhisek
Hi, thanks for the help. I’ve been looking for some help for a while. I stuck on a certain point. Where you import base information:
dn: dc=example,dc=com
dc: example
objectClass: top
objectClass: example
dn: ou=Administration,dc=example,dc=com
ou: Adninistration
objectClass: top
objectClass: Administration
Hi, thanks for the help. I’ve been looking for some help for a while. I stuck on a certain point. Where you import base information:
dn: ou=Group,dc=example,dc=com
ou: Group
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
Error:
#ldapadd -x -W “cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com” -f base.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)
MY ldap details:
MY DOMAIN IS : example.com
ORGANIZATION UNIT NAME : administration
Ldap password is : password
please give me the solution to this error.
if i run ldapsearch -x -b ”dc=example,dc=com”
i got searchresult 2 then i got 34 dn syntax error
give me the solution
i get the 34 dn syntax error from the wrong “. type from new the double quotes
Nice post. I was checking continuously this blog and I am impressed!
Very useful info particularly the last part 🙂 I care
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Good one!
we got error
“str2entry : entry -1 has no dn
slaptest: bad configuration file!”
slaptest -u
Hi,
I am novice to openldap. I have to install and configure openldap in Rhel 5.7. I required it for user authentication for middleware servers. I have installed openldap server, openldap sql, openldap client successfully. Afterwards, i did not find slapd.conf, DB_CONFIG.example files. I have searched for those files in all file systems but they do not exist. So, please guide what am i missing with? what are all the prerequisites which are needed in order to install and configure Openldap. Thank you in advance.
Followed the instructions on this site for installing the openldap server on Centos 6.4, but just couldn’t get TLS to work.
For me at least, the problem was the self signed certificate and the permissions on the certificate and key.
(a) The self-signed certificate
Add the following line to /etc/openldap/ldap.conf,
TLS_REQCERT allow
(b) Permissions on cert and key
# chown ldap:ldap /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
# chmod 600 /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdcert.pem
# chown ldap:ldap /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
# chmod 600 /etc/pki/tls/certs/slapdkey.pem
Restart the slapd server:
# service slapd restart
Test it
# ldapsearch -x -b “dc=home,dc=com” -ZZ “cn=michael” homeDirectory
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base with scope subtree
# filter: cn=michael
# requesting: homeDirectory
#
# michael, People, home.com
dn: uid=michael,ou=People,dc=home,dc=com
homeDirectory: /home/michael
# michael, Group, home.com
dn: cn=michael,ou=Group,dc=home,dc=com
# search result
search: 3
result: 0 Success
# numResponses: 3
# numEntries: 2
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Hi laurent,
Really Informative Post…!!!
Hope you can sort out below issue…..
I am having so many trouble connecting the LDAP server to Oracle SQL Database….Seeking help from you in this regards…
Requirement:—
A LDAP client which will query to one of the table in ORACLE SQL DB…for getting several info….
Current Set Up from my side to achieve above task:——–
1. RHEL 6.4
2.Oracle XE 11g Database- Up & Running
3. OpenLDAP 2.4.40- Currently installed but not working
4. Easysoft ODBC Oracle driver–Optional
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Please guide me how to properly install & Configure OpenLDAP on RHEL in my case….
Do I need the Driver ?