Re: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-28 Thread Babs
I have checked the nsswitch.conf and hosts are in the same order. Yes I am able to ping the ADS servers with their FQDN when the DNS is down but not to any other PCs Regards Babs --- it clown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: look at your nsswitch.conf. hosts: files dns If you add that to

RE: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-23 Thread Babs
Interestingly Henrik , I have added those ADS servers IPs in /etc/hosts when i setup the proxy and still I dont know why this happend. Anything you want me to check it up? Regards Babs --- Henrik Nordstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Babs wrote: Hi As the linuxbox

Re: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-23 Thread Babs
Okei Thats looks to be the reason for this auth failure. Thanks a lot for this info Micheal. thanx regards Babs --- Michael Wray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's because the authenticators need to verify WHERE to authenticate via dns...so the look for the special SRV entries that AD has for

Re: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-23 Thread it clown
look at your nsswitch.conf. hosts: files dns If you add that to nsswitch.conf it will first look at your /etc/hosts file and then dns. Make sure you have your AD pc in /etc/hosts. to be able to connect to AD you need dns to resolv its name. Can you ping any pc on network with its FQDN when

RE: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-23 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, Babs wrote: Interestingly Henrik , I have added those ADS servers IPs in /etc/hosts when i setup the proxy and still I dont know why this happend. Anything you want me to check it up? next time, check if you can reach the ADS servers using ldapsearch. Regards Henrik

RE: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-21 Thread Babs
Hi As the linuxbox access the Win2K box running ADS for getting the user authenticated using squid_ldap_auth, when the machine running DNS goes down linuxbox is not able to reach the Win2K box running ADS I suppose. As soon as the DNS system came back to life authentication is working fine.

Re: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-21 Thread Michael Wray
That's because the authenticators need to verify WHERE to authenticate via dns...so the look for the special SRV entries that AD has for _kerberos and _ldap, if he can't get a response on those entries, then it is assumed that they are unreachable. On Thursday 21 April 2005 10:21 am, Babs

RE: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-21 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Babs wrote: Hi As the linuxbox access the Win2K box running ADS for getting the user authenticated using squid_ldap_auth, when the machine running DNS goes down linuxbox is not able to reach the Win2K box running ADS I suppose. As soon as the DNS system came back to life

RE: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error Cant Contact LDAP Server (Solved!!)

2005-04-18 Thread Babs
Hi All! At last I found out whats causing this trouble. It is my DNS was causing this whole problem. If you get this error make sure your DNS is working properly. Even though I had specified the servers in hosts file still somehow it was using my DNS which was pointing outside my network. I