ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (81)
 

Hi there ,

Does any one know what this means when I'm trying a simple ldapsearch ?
I use an ldapserver for my adressbook over the network , but strangely something happened and i don't have a clue whats going on .

I read the man pages of openldap on my machine but that didn't help me , perhaps anyone of you can . help would be very appreciated.

and a happy new year to all the linux fans :-)

check you're not running a firewall that prevents you from accessing ldap port (389 i think)

Well i'm not running a fire wall , but have redhats security level to medium , even when i put it to no security level at all I still get that message .
Normally one could always telnet a port on the machine and get someting back like a connected status, but I get connection refused when I telnet to port 389 , could you tell me how to open it ? , or what to do about it ?

Sorry, I never used RH since 5.1 so I don't know it's security policy...

Well, actually these days you can telnet a port only if there's a daemon/service waiting for you on the target. What host did you try to telnet to? If it's your box, it's probably not configured to act as a ldap server.
Can you ping the ldap server you're trying to connect to?
If so, try these lines as root:
This will allow ANY connection to/from your ldap server, so is somewhat unsafe, but will quickly show if it's a local firewalling problem.
Then try a search.
Note that iptables chains are not persistent, so don't worry too much about messing things: your iptables will go back to previous state after reboot.

Tell me if this solved, in case I might help you find a more "secure" setup.

Here is an iptables howto, only if you feel brave or courious:
http://www.telematik.informatik.uni-...les-HOWTO.html

Thanx i'll try that and let you know ! little bit busy with other stuff ....so