[KLUG Members] debug ldap failure

[Richard Harding]

Peter Buxton wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 07:05:57AM -0500, Adam Williams was only escaped
>    alone to tell thee:
> 
> 
>>>:slapd -d4
>>>connection_get(12)
>>>==> bdb_bind: dn: cn=admin,dc=home,dc=ricksweb,dc=info
>>>send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text=""
>>>connection_get(12)
>>>deferring operation
>>>SRCH "dc=home,dc=ricksweb,dc=info" 2 0    0 0 0
>>>     filter: (mail=rharding)
>>>     attrs: homeDirectory Maildir cn userPassword uidNumber mail
>>
>>Other than I'm deeply concerned that it is reading userPassword, this
>>looks normal. (except I also wonder why a MTA needs uidNumber or home
>>directory).  The security of this authentication module has got to be a
>>complete farce;  clearly written by someone who has no clue what their
>>doing.  I'd recommend just scrapping this and finding someother software
>>package that exhibits even moderate competence of design.
> 
> 
> Exim, for example, runs as user mail|exim when bound to port 25. It
> reexecutes itself as the local user when delivering locally. It also
> searches for ~/.procmailrc ; if it finds it, it hands the mail to
> procmail.
> 
Well this is really the courier set up. It is for getting the mail 
through the imap connection. I have not gotten into the exim setup yet.