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Luke Schierer

2020-Aug-31 19:31 UTC

using %d as a variable in the ldap search base

Hi,

I'm trying to configure dovecot to use LDAP authentication directly,
and I'm having a bit of trouble.  I have a somewhat unusual setup, in
that I have an LDAP directory that has 3 OUs each of which have their
own set of users, some of which overlap.  As I was trying to figure
things out, I was setting the search base in my 
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext file which is referenced by
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-ldap.conf.ext  file to

base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

however, the resulting searches against the directory endup just
dropping the %d, resulting in

ou=,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net 

which is invalid.  On a whim, I tried a search base of

base = dc=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

and found that it did correctly substitute in the variable, which
would be correct, except that my ldap tree is set up with OUs and not
an extra DC segment.

for whatever reason, it will do variable substitution for dc=%d, but
not for ou=%d. this is certainly not documented, and seems like wrong
behavior, since having an ou in a search base is valid.

I'm including configuration information below.  Please let me know if
I've missed including information that is required.

Thanks!
Luke


luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$

luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ dpkg -l | grep -i dovecot
ii dovecot-core 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
ii dovecot-imapd 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
ii dovecot-pop3d 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$

root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n
# 2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.4.21 (92477967)
# OS: Linux 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS 
auth_verbose = yes
first_valid_uid = 1001
imap_hibernate_timeout = 100 secs
lock_method = dotlock
mail_cache_min_mail_count = 15
mail_fsync = always
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mailbox_list_index = yes
maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes
maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
mbox_min_index_size = 10 B
mmap_disable = yes
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location = 
  mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix = 
  separator = /
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
  driver = ldap
}
protocols = " imap pop3"
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
  driver = ldap
}
protocol imap {
  mail_max_userip_connections = 20
}
root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# 

root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext | grep
-v ^# | uniq | more

hosts = censor001.plerumque.thecrazyguys.net

tls = yes
tls_require_cert = allow

debug_level = 4

auth_bind = yes

base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

scope = subtree

user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid

user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%n))

blocking = no
root at littera001:/etc/dovecot#

Marc Roos

2020-Aug-31 19:45 UTC

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using %d as a variable in the ldap search base

You have two ways of authenticating against ldap. I decided to use the 
method where a single account has access to the user credentials. 
(Advantage of this method, you can limit ldap lookups eg do not have to 
do 2nd for the userdb)

debug_level = 1
uris = ldaps://ldap.local:8443
dn = cn=aaaa,cn=bbbbb,ou=ccccc,dc=dddd,dc=eeee,dc=local
dnpass = xxxx
base = ou=asdfadsfa,ou=hhhh,ou=ggg,dc=fffff,dc=eeee,dc=local
scope = subtree

user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)
pass_attrs = 
uid=user,userPassword=password,host=host,homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNu
mber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid

However I did not have any issues authenticating against ldap with yours 
also. But using the %u





-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Schierer [mailto:luke-dovecot at schierer.org] 
Sent: maandag 31 augustus 2020 21:32
To: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: using %d as a variable in the ldap search base

Hi,

I'm trying to configure dovecot to use LDAP authentication directly, and 
I'm having a bit of trouble.  I have a somewhat unusual setup, in that I 
have an LDAP directory that has 3 OUs each of which have their own set 
of users, some of which overlap.  As I was trying to figure things out, 
I was setting the search base in my /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext 
file which is referenced by /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-ldap.conf.ext  file 
to

base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

however, the resulting searches against the directory endup just 
dropping the %d, resulting in

ou=,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net 

which is invalid.  On a whim, I tried a search base of

base = dc=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

and found that it did correctly substitute in the variable, which would 
be correct, except that my ldap tree is set up with OUs and not an extra 
DC segment.

for whatever reason, it will do variable substitution for dc=%d, but not 
for ou=%d. this is certainly not documented, and seems like wrong 
behavior, since having an ou in a search base is valid.

I'm including configuration information below.  Please let me know if 
I've missed including information that is required. 

Thanks!
Luke


luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$

luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ dpkg -l | grep -i dovecot ii 
dovecot-core 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 ii dovecot-imapd 
1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
ii dovecot-pop3d 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$

root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # 2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec): 
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.21 (92477967) # OS: 
Linux 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS auth_verbose = yes 
first_valid_uid = 1001 imap_hibernate_timeout = 100 secs lock_method = 
dotlock mail_cache_min_mail_count = 15 mail_fsync = always mail_location 
= maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mailbox_list_index = yes
maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes
maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
mbox_min_index_size = 10 B
mmap_disable = yes
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location   mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix   separator = /
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
  driver = ldap
}
protocols = " imap pop3"
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
  driver = ldap
}
protocol imap {
  mail_max_userip_connections = 20
}
root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# 

root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext | 
grep -v ^# | uniq | more

hosts = censor001.plerumque.thecrazyguys.net

tls = yes
tls_require_cert = allow

debug_level = 4

auth_bind = yes

base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net

scope = subtree

user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid

user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%n))

blocking = no
root at littera001:/etc/dovecot#

Luke Schierer

2020-Sep-01 11:33 UTC

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using %d as a variable in the ldap search base

I'm trying to use auth bind to avoid having a plain text password in a
config file.  With %u instead of %n, the @domain part of the login
ends up in the uid field of the search filter.  As I said, my OUs have
overlapping users, so I have configured things such that the users are
logging in with user at domain,  and need to get the domain component
into the search base as you cannot filter on an Organizational Unit
in an ldap filter.  If I have a single search base, it will return
multiple users for those %ns that overlap.  If I use %u, it will
return no users for any account, because the uids do not have the
@domain in them.  I tried both ways. 

Luke

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:45:17PM +0200, Marc Roos
wrote:> You have two ways of authenticating against ldap. I decided to use the 
> method where a single account has access to the user credentials. 
> (Advantage of this method, you can limit ldap lookups eg do not have to 
> do 2nd for the userdb)
> 
> debug_level = 1
> uris = ldaps://ldap.local:8443
> dn = cn=aaaa,cn=bbbbb,ou=ccccc,dc=dddd,dc=eeee,dc=local
> dnpass = xxxx
> base = ou=asdfadsfa,ou=hhhh,ou=ggg,dc=fffff,dc=eeee,dc=local
> scope = subtree
> 
> user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)
> pass_attrs = 
> uid=user,userPassword=password,host=host,homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNu
> mber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid
> 
> However I did not have any issues authenticating against ldap with yours 
> also. But using the %u
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Schierer [mailto:luke-dovecot at schierer.org] 
> Sent: maandag 31 augustus 2020 21:32
> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: using %d as a variable in the ldap search base
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to configure dovecot to use LDAP authentication directly,
and
> I'm having a bit of trouble.  I have a somewhat unusual setup, in that
I
> have an LDAP directory that has 3 OUs each of which have their own set 
> of users, some of which overlap.  As I was trying to figure things out, 
> I was setting the search base in my /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext 
> file which is referenced by /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-ldap.conf.ext  file 
> to
> 
> base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net
> 
> however, the resulting searches against the directory endup just 
> dropping the %d, resulting in
> 
> ou=,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net 
> 
> which is invalid.  On a whim, I tried a search base of
> 
> base = dc=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net
> 
> and found that it did correctly substitute in the variable, which would 
> be correct, except that my ldap tree is set up with OUs and not an extra 
> DC segment.
> 
> for whatever reason, it will do variable substitution for dc=%d, but not 
> for ou=%d. this is certainly not documented, and seems like wrong 
> behavior, since having an ou in a search base is valid.
> 
> I'm including configuration information below.  Please let me know if 
> I've missed including information that is required. 
> 
> Thanks!
> Luke
> 
> 
> luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
> Release: 18.04
> luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$
> 
> luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$ dpkg -l | grep -i dovecot ii 
> dovecot-core 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 ii dovecot-imapd 
> 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
> ii dovecot-pop3d 1:2.2.33.2-1ubuntu4.6 amd64 
> luke at schierer@littera001:/etc/dovecot$
> 
> root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # 2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec): 
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.21 (92477967) # OS: 
> Linux 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS auth_verbose = yes 
> first_valid_uid = 1001 imap_hibernate_timeout = 100 secs lock_method = 
> dotlock mail_cache_min_mail_count = 15 mail_fsync = always mail_location 
> = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY
> mail_nfs_index = yes
> mail_nfs_storage = yes
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> mailbox_list_index = yes
> maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes
> maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
> mbox_min_index_size = 10 B
> mmap_disable = yes
> namespace inbox {
>   inbox = yes
>   location >   mailbox Drafts {
>     special_use = \Drafts
>   }
>   mailbox Junk {
>     special_use = \Junk
>   }
>   mailbox Sent {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox Trash {
>     special_use = \Trash
>   }
>   prefix >   separator = /
> }
> passdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
>   driver = ldap
> }
> protocols = " imap pop3"
> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
>   driver = ldap
> }
> protocol imap {
>   mail_max_userip_connections = 20
> }
> root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# 
> 
> root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext | 
> grep -v ^# | uniq | more
> 
> hosts = censor001.plerumque.thecrazyguys.net
> 
> tls = yes
> tls_require_cert = allow
> 
> debug_level = 4
> 
> auth_bind = yes
> 
> base = ou=%d,dc=thecrazyguys,dc=net
> 
> scope = subtree
> 
> user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid
> 
> user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%n))
> 
> blocking = no
> root at littera001:/etc/dovecot# 
> 
>

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