[Fedora-directory-users] problem with cert for ssl on RHAS5

[Steven Jones]

Thanks

regards

Steven Jones
Senior  Linux/Unix/San/Vmware System Administrator
APG -Technology Integration Team
Victoria University of Wellington
Phone: +64 4 463 6272

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Craig
White
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2007 4:42 p.m.
To: General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project.
Subject: RE: [Fedora-directory-users] problem with cert for ssl on RHAS5

On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 16:12 +1300, Steven Jones wrote:
> 8><--------
> > 
> > So what did I do wrong?
> ----
> probably should only use uri and not host in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf 
> 
> yep, I can take that out....
> 
> And it's clear that 
> 
> ldap.vuw.ac.nz != cn=vuwunicvfdsm001.vuw.ac.nz (certificate)
> 
> Sorry I fail to see it as that clear (until now you explain it
anyway!)
> 
> ....Working through the FDS/RDS documentation I seem to have failed to
> notice that it clearly (if at all???) explains what cn= should equal
or
> indeed the setting in the ldap.conf needs to be the same....in terms
of
> DNS they do equal as ldap is a CNAME of vuwunicvfdsm001....
> 
> The advantage of using a CNAME is I can upgrade the system and to a
> simple CNAME change to replace the servers....
> 
> Thanks, I have changed,
> 
> #uri ldap://ldap.vuw.ac.nz/
> 
> To,
> 
> uri ldap://vuwunicvfdsm001.vuw.ac.nz/
> 
> So I now have for /etc/openldap/ldap.conf,
> 
> ==========
> # http://www.padl.com
> #URI     ldap://ldap.vuw.ac.nz
> base dc=vuw,dc=ac,dc=nz
> pam_password md5
> BASE dc=vuw,dc=ac,dc=nz
> #tls_cacertfile /etc/openldap/cacerts/ca.crt
> #TLS_REQCERT allow
> TLS_REQCERT never
> #host ldap.vuw.ac.nz
> #host vuwunicvfdsm001.vuw.ac.nz
> #ssl start_tls
> #nss_base_passwd        ou=People,dc=vuw,dc=ac,dc=nz
> #nss_base_shadow        ou=People,dc=vuw,dc=ac,dc=nz
>  
> 
> uri ldap://vuwunicvfdsm001.vuw.ac.nz/
> #uri ldap://ldap.vuw.ac.nz/
> ssl no
> tls_cacertdir /etc/openldap/cacerts
> =========
> 
> and a working ldapsearch,
> 
> ldapsearch -x -ZZ '(uid=jonesst1)'
> 
> Gives me the correct answer....
----
just a thought (and it may be in the cert documentation for fds)

sometimes you can use subjectAltName to add more names/aliases for the
same system and then there isn't the collision when using the
certificate. I know that the openldap client software is fine with
subjectAltName entries

Lastly, you probably can add to both /etc/ldap.conf
and /etc/openldap/ldap.conf

ssl start_tls

and it should automatically use tls...

ldapsearch -x '(uid=jonesst1)' would be the same as if you added -ZZ

Craig

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