Hi I'm trying to set up a Linux server and I am new to this. I have gone through most of the configuration using SAMBA 3.0 and when I populate the ldap directory all I get this error before the password request:

failed to modify entry: structural object class modification from 'sambaDomain' to 'inetOrgPerson' not allowed at /usr/sbin/smbldap-populate line 492, <GEN1> line 235.

then when I perform an ldapsearch to see if the directory is populated I get this message:

ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

Can somebody tell me what to do cause I'm positive all my .conf files are done right.

Thanks

Generally speaks for itself if it can't connect... not listening / firewalled / wrong server / certificate issue. just do an ldapsearch or even just telnet to the right port to ensure you are connecting OK.

The LDAP server is connected to the right port but I'm assuming now that it is a certificate issue, any idea how I can troubleshoot this problem because if I run:

ldapsearch -LLL -x -b 'dc=example,dc=ca' -H ldap://localhost

I am connected and can view all of the users in the LDAP directory. Going through the config files I have all the paths correct but I dont think I have the proper certificate or maybe its the SID but when I do a getlocalsid it gives me the exact ID that I have in the file.

Thanks for the help

ok, well your -x disables sasl binds, and just does a simple bind, yet your error cites a sasl interactive bind issue, so those two usages would not appear to be equivalent.