On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:10:07 +0100, Bob Goldberg wrote: > I agree - problem is DEFINITELY ldap authentication; forget about exim.... > > my exchange server is setup to accept clear text, and anonymous OK (even > though I'm not trying to be anon). > > here's the thing - I have no idea what is going on between ldapsearch, and > my exchange server.
> ldap is definitely running - I can run custom queries, and ldap://queries > thru my windows browser with success. > > the problem IS debian authenticating w/ the exchange server. You need to authenticate to the LDAP tree using a username that exists in Active Directory, I can't remember how but I did this a few years ago for a squid proxy. > Can someone tell me some way to diagnose just what is happening in this > communication between ldapsearch & ldap server ??? Wireshark or any packet sniffer should be able to show what's being transferred, it may also be worth installing the openldap client utilities (ldap-utils under debian) and querying the database manually from them. > Or can someone point me / show me how a structured communication to the > ldap server would look like, so I can try sending it thru telnet - just to > see if I can get it to work that way.... Then I can try & figure out what > ldapsearch is sending... http://www.mozilla.org/directory/standards.html may be useful but LDAP isn't the easiest of protocols to grok manually. -- Stephen Patterson :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: http://patter.mine.nu/ GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]