Hi! I'm running out of search terms and ideas how to solve this: I'm trying to create an addressbook in LDAP to be able to ditch CardDAV. So far, it is working, i.e. I can search and access a dummy user via "Directory Utility.app".
But as soon as I try to use "Contacts.app" and iOS, I'm confronted with problems: o Contacts.app doesn't seem to send the entered password, whereas Directory Utility.app is authenticating properly. I can provide necessary debug logs via ldapd -dvv, if necessary. I'm contemplating about filing a bug report via apple.com, since openldap, provided via base macOS is working fine. Google yields some results, that I'm not the first to stumble upon this... o iOS seems to try to authenticate via SASL/PLAIN, as far as I can observe via the debug log. Since the default behaviour seems to be to "authenticate users via simple binds", it fails. I can also provide a log, if necessary. Now my questions: are there users out there that have a similiar setup, especially with {i,mac}OS? If yes: I'd be happy about config snippets... If no: how can I achieve SASL/PLAIN authentication with ldapd(8)? The manpage is not exactly informative about this - or it's just me, since I'm tired and feeling dizzy from all this "LDAP'ing". Best wishes.