CentOS - Jan 2014 - samba vs LDAP - can I see LDAP logs, please?

Hi,

I'm setting up Samba to authenticate against an LDAP Server. I have the
basic setup running but authentication fails. I'm 95% sure that the LDAP
config is still wrong but the guy I'm setting this up for doesn't really
come up with the proper info.

I have set log level = 5 and get tons of irrelevant info. What I'd like
to see is the LDAP queries that the samba server issues. But I have no
idea which magic switch will make this happen.

My google-fu seems to be bad today, too as I cannot find any relevant
info either.

Help!

-dirk

On 01/30/2014 05:36 PM, Dirk Olmes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up Samba to authenticate against an LDAP Server. I have the
> basic setup running but authentication fails. I'm 95% sure that the
LDAP
> config is still wrong but the guy I'm setting this up for doesn't
really
> come up with the proper info.
>
> I have set log level = 5 and get tons of irrelevant info. What I'd like
> to see is the LDAP queries that the samba server issues. But I have no
> idea which magic switch will make this happen.
>
> My google-fu seems to be bad today, too as I cannot find any relevant
> info either.
>
It should be in /var/log/messages, look for slapd:

https://sites.google.com/site/guenterbartsch/blog/tamingslapdoncentosrhel6


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Ljubomir Ljubojevic
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StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant

On 30/01/2014 06:36 PM, Dirk Olmes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up Samba to authenticate against an LDAP Server. I have 
> the
> basic setup running but authentication fails. I'm 95% sure that the 
> LDAP
> config is still wrong but the guy I'm setting this up for doesn't 
> really
> come up with the proper info.
>
> I have set log level = 5 and get tons of irrelevant info. What I'd 
> like
> to see is the LDAP queries that the samba server issues. But I have 
> no
> idea which magic switch will make this happen.
>
> My google-fu seems to be bad today, too as I cannot find any relevant
> info either.
>
> Help!
>
> -dirk

Hello,

what kind of LDAP server (389-DS, OpenLDAP)? Few months ago I tried to
configure Samba to authenticate against 389-DS. I found out, that Samba
does not read the 'password' value, but 'sambaNTPassword'.

It was Samba 3, maybe it's changed in Samba 4.


Regards,