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- This file (ldap-faq) contains some commonly encountered problems when
- installing and using the UM ldap distribution, along with thier
- solutions. Please try the solutions here before contacting
- ldap-support@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu.
-
- PROBLEM:
- ud reports "socket: Error 0" or some other nonsense when I try
- to run it.
-
- SOLUTION:
- The error message is usually bogus. It is probably caused
- by ud trying to contact a hostname that does not exist. Try
- running ud with the -s option, like so:
-
- ud -s hostname.running.an.ldap.daemon
-
- If that works, edit the file ud/ud.h and change the #define
- for DEFAULT_SERVER. While you are there, make sure DEFAULT_BASE
- is set to something that makes sense for your site. Then
- recompile.
-
- PROBLEM:
- ud returns "unknown attribute type" when I try to find somebody.
-
- SOLUTION:
- This is caused by ud asking for a UM-specific attribute called
- multiLineDescription. You should either add this line to your
- oidtable.at file:
-
- multiLineDescription: umichAttributeType.2 : CaseIgnoreList
-
- or you can apply the ud.mldescription patch to the ud source.
- This patch is available for anonymous ftp from the host
- terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu in the file
- x500/ldap-patches/ud.mldescription
-
- PROBLEM:
- my ldap server dies when I send it certain substring queries.
-
- SOLUTION:
- This is probably caused by a bug in the ldapd filter handling
- code. You should apply the ldapd.filter patch to the ldapd
- source. This patch is available for anonymous ftp from the
- host terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu in the file
- x500/ldap-patches/ldapd.filter
-