[SATLUG] LDAP auth

[David Kowis]

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robert c3 wrote:
> I've got several boxes where I'm doing LDAP authentication through PAM.
> I've got a user with a 5 character UID who can't log into my Debian
> (Sarge & Etch) boxes but logs in just fine on my RHEL4 machines.  Any
> ideas?  If I change his UID to a 6 character UID, it works on the Debian
> machines.
> 
> The non-working DN looks like:
> uid=smith,ou=People,dc=my,dc=domain,dc=com
> 
> If I change it to:
> 
> uid=smith2,ou=People,dc=my,dc=domain,dc=com
> 
> it works.
> 
> Any ideas?

Perhaps the LDAP search parameters for the debian box are different than
the search parameters on the RHEL boxes? For some odd reason the query
could be looking for at least 6 character usernames :/ Just a guess. But
that's where I'd start looking, how the boxes interact with the LDAP
server :)

hth.

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