[SATLUG] LDAP auth

[Alan L. Lesmerises]

Could it be that it's looking for a 'strong' login (something that's not easy to guess)?  What happens if the login is changed to an ordinary 6-character name without a number at the end, or a 5-character name including a number?

David Kowis wrote:
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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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