samba 3.5 failed to bind to ldap server invalid credentials
 

I just tried to build my own samba/ldap server on opensuse 11.3 and i am continuously getting an invalid credentials error when doing the smbpasswd -a command. Below are my smb and ldap files. Can anyone help me out with this error plesae.

smb.conf
# Primary Domain Controller smb.conf
# Global parameters
[global]
unix charset = utf8
workgroup = MERCDOMAIN
netbios name = mercserver
passdb backend =ldapsam:"ldap://mercserver.mercdomain.com"
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
log level = 1
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/%m
max log size = 0
#name resolve order = wins bcast hosts
time server = Yes
printcap name = CUPS
add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m '%u'
delete user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-userdel '%u'
add group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p '%g'
delete group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupdel '%g'
add user to group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m '%g' '%u'
delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x '%g' '%u'
set primary group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g '%g' '%u'
add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w '%u'
logon script = logon.bat
logon path = \\mercserver\profiles\%u
logon drive = H:
domain logons = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins support = Yes
# peformance optimization all users stored in ldap
ldapsam:trusted = yes
ldap suffix = dc=mercdomain,dc=com
ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers,ou=Users
ldap user suffix = ou=People,ou=Users
ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
ldap idmap suffix = ou=Idmap
ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=mercserver,dc=com
ldap ssl = off
idmap backend = ldap://127.0.0.1
idmap uid = 10000-20000
idmap gid = 10000-20000
printer admin = root
printing = cups

#========================Share Definitions=========================

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
browseable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700

[sysvol]
path = /home/data/samba/sysvol
read only = no

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/data/samba/sysvol/vavai.net/scripts
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
read only = no

[profiles]
path = /home/data/samba/profiles
writeable = yes
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0777
directory mode = 0777

[Documents]
comment = share to test samba
path = /home/data/documents
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
read only = no
valid users = "@Domain Users"

slapd.conf
UW PICO 5.04 File: /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema
include /etc/openldap/schema/samba3.schema
modulepath /usr/lib/openldap/modules/
# moduleload back_bdb.la

pidfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.pid
argsfile /var/run/slapd/slapd.args

# Samba Primary Database mercdomain.com
database bdb
suffix "dc=mercdomain,dc=com"
directory /var/lib/ldap
rootdn "cn=Manager,dc=mercdomain,dc=com"
rootpw merc84
index entryCSN eq
index entryUUID eq

#access to attrs=userPassword,sambaLMPassword,sambaNTPassword
# by self write
# by dn="cn=Manager,dc=mercdomain,dc=com" write
# by * auth

#access to *
# by dn="cn=Manager,dc=mercdomain,dc=com" write
# by * read

# Indices to maintain
index objectClass eq
index cn pres,sub,eq
index sn pres,sub,eq
index uid pres,sub,eq
index displayName pres,sub,eq
index uidNumber eq
index gidNumber eq
index memberUID eq
index sambaSID eq
index sambaPrimaryGroupSID eq
index sambaDomainName eq
index default sub

ldap.conf
UW PICO 5.04 File: ldap.conf

# LDAP Master

host mercserver.mercdomain.com
base dc=mercdomain,dc=com
binddn cn=Manager,dc=mercdomain,dc=com
bindpw merc84

bind_policy soft
pam_password exop

nss_base_passwd ou=People,ou=Users,dc=mercdomain,dc=com?one
nss_base_shadow ou=People,ou=Users,dc=mercdomain,dc=com?one
nss_base_passwd ou=Computers,ou=Users,dc=mercdomain,dc=com?one
nss_base_shadow ou=Computers,ou=Users,dc=mercdomain,dc=com?one
nss_base_group ou=Groups,dc=mercdomain,dc=com?one
ssl no

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