At 07:54 PM 9/21/2006, Néstor Boscán wrote: >I recently downloaded and installed OpenLDAP on Windows XP. Very easy >installation. Now I'm trying to login to OpenLDAP using cn=admin but it >doesn't work, I have to put the entire base DN to make it work >cn=admin,dn=somecompany,dn=com. Is this the way to authenticate or there is >a way to just use cn=admin?.
LDAP simple DN/password authentication requires the user's DN. If you want to authenticate using a simple user name (e.g., admin), use a suitable SASL authentication mechanism. -- Kurt
