Step-by-step OpenLDAP Installation and Configuration

This tutorial describes how to install and configure an OpenLDAP server and also an OpenLDAP client.

Step by Step Installation and Configuration OpenLDAP Server

Software: OS-Cent OS 4.4, openldap 2.2.13-6.4E
System name:   ldap.adminmart.com
Domain name:   adminmart.com
System IP:     192.168.1.212

Note: Use your domain name and IP instead of adminmart.

Easy steps for adding users:
    1. Create unix user
    2. Create unix user's ldap passwd file
    3. Convert passwd.file to ldif file
    4. Add ldap file to LDAP Directory using ldapadd

Step #1. Requirements

    compat-openldap.i386 0:2.1.30-6.4E
    openldap-clients.i386 0:2.2.13-6.4E
    openldap-devel.i386 0:2.2.13-6.4E
    openldap-servers.i386 0:2.2.13-6.4E
    openldap-servers-sql.i386 0:2.2.13-6.4E

You can install them using the command:

yum install *openldap* -y

Step #2. Start the service

[[email protected] ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 ldap on
[[email protected] ~]# service ldap start

Step #3. Create LDAP root user password

[[email protected] ~]# slappasswd
    New password: 
    Re-enter new password: 
    {SSHA}cWB1VzxDXZLf6F4pwvyNvApBQ8G/DltW
[[email protected] ~]#

Step #4. Update /etc/openldap/slapd.conf for the root password

[[email protected] ~]# vi /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

    #68 database        bdb
    #69 suffix          "dc=adminmart,dc=com"
    #70 rootdn          "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
    #71 rootpw          {SSHA}cWB1VzxDXZLf6F4pwvyNvApBQ8G/DltW

Step #5. Apply Changes

[[email protected] ~]# service ldap restart

Step #6. Create test users

[[email protected] ~]# useradd test1
[[email protected] ~]# passwd test1
    Changing password for user test1.
    New UNIX password: 
    Retype new UNIX password: 
    passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[[email protected] ~]# useradd test2
[[email protected] ~]# passwd test2
    Changing password for user test2.
    New UNIX password: 
    Retype new UNIX password: 
    passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[[email protected] ~]#

Note: Repeat the same for the rest of users

Step #7. Migrate local users to LDAP

[[email protected] ~]# grep root /etc/passwd > /etc/openldap/passwd.root
[[email protected] ~]# grep test1 /etc/passwd > /etc/openldap/passwd.test1
[[email protected] ~]# grep test2 /etc/passwd > /etc/openldap/passwd.test2

Note: Repeat the same for the rest of users

Step #8. Update default settings on file /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_common.ph

    #71 $DEFAULT_MAIL_DOMAIN = "adminmart.com";
    #74 $DEFAULT_BASE = "dc=adminmart,dc=com";

Step #9. Convert passwd.file to ldif (LDAP Data Interchange Format) file

[[email protected] ~]# /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_passwd.pl /etc/openldap/passwd.root /etc/openldap/root.ldif
[[email protected] ~]# /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_passwd.pl /etc/openldap/passwd.test1 /etc/openldap/test1.ldif
[[email protected] ~]# /usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_passwd.pl /etc/openldap/passwd.test2 /etc/openldap/test2.ldif

Note: Repeat the same for the rest of users

Step #10. Update root.ldif file for the "Manager" of LDAP Server

[[email protected] ~]# vi /etc/openldap/root.ldif

    #1 dn: uid=root,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com
    #2 uid: root
    #3 cn: Manager
    #4 objectClass: account

Step #11. Create a domain ldif file (/etc/openldap/adminmart.com.ldif)

[[email protected] ~]# cat /etc/openldap/adminmart.com.ldif

    dn: dc=adminmart,dc=com
    dc: adminmart
    description: LDAP Admin
    objectClass: dcObject
    objectClass: organizationalUnit
    ou: rootobject 
    dn: ou=People, dc=adminmart,dc=com
    ou: People
    description: Users of adminmart
    objectClass: organizationalUnit

Step #12. Import all users in to the LDAP

Add the Domain ldif file

[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f  /etc/openldap/adminmart.com.ldif
    Enter LDAP Password: 
    adding new entry "dc=adminmart,dc=com"
    adding new entry "ou=People, dc=adminmart,dc=com"
[[email protected] ~]#

Add the users:

[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f  /etc/openldap/root.ldif
    Enter LDAP Password: 
    adding new entry "uid=root,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
    adding new entry "uid=operator,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
[[email protected] ~]#

[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f  /etc/openldap/test1.ldif
    Enter LDAP Password: 
    adding new entry "uid=test1,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
[[email protected] ~]# 

[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f  /etc/openldap/test2.ldif
    Enter LDAP Password: 
    adding new entry "uid=test2,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
 [[email protected] ~]#

Note: Repeat the same for the rest of users

Step #13. Apply Changes

[[email protected] ~]# service ldap restart

Step #14. Test LDAP Server

It prints all the user information:

[[email protected] ~]# ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=adminmart,dc=com' '(objectclass=*)'

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By:

Thanks for the tuto.

Here is a link to help you configure a backup server (slave server) and another one to configure ProFTPD to use LDAP for authentication (french link but you can google translate ;)).

Nicolargo

By: Anonymous

Can i have document to configure secure replication.

By:

I had to add a blank line to fix an error in /etc/openldap/adminmart.com.ldif, and I added for groups :

dn: dc=adminmart,dc=com
dc: adminmart
description: LDAP Admin
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: rootobject

dn: ou=People, dc=adminmart,dc=com
ou: People
description: Users of adminmart
objectClass: organizationalUnit

dn: ou=Group, dc=adminmart,dc=com
ou: Group
description: Groups of adminmart
objectClass: organizationalUnit

I copied all of my groups that I wanted in ldap from /etc/groups to /etc/openldap/groups.txt and then ran:
/usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_groups.pl /etc/openldap/groups.txt /etc/openldap/groups.ldif

After I imported users, and groups, I used phpldapadmin to import shadow passwords. I opened /etc/shadow and copied the password field:
username:$1$0oDpBoKc$qw6grPT4jqgfqkc5Kzd/G.:_____:_:_____:_:::
as {crypt}$1$0oDpBoKc$qw6grPT4jqgfqkc5Kzd/G.
And selected clear in the drop down so it would not try to re-encrypt (mangle) the password.

There is likely a scripted solution for shadow passwords, but I only had about 15 users and it was faster to just do it.

By: ashadeep nagar

ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

By: anand pavithran

Check for free space in the ldif file.(Some times there will be unwanted space in the line).

By: Ken

I can't add the domain ldif file - I get prompted for the password, I enter the password used in the slapd.conf (tried both encrypted and plaintext) but still get the error below:

ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

Thoughts?

By: Anonymous

ldap_bind: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

This is when your server is not reachable

Start the LDAP server and try add the user :)

By: vinu

When i entered the password while importing the domain ldif file to LDAP, there was an error

ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

What might be the problem. The password i entered was same as the one created using slappasswd.

By: zaza

have u solve the problem with the "ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)"??

im facing the same too....

By: Anonymous

I know I'm late to the thread for this, but hopefully this will be of value to future readers.

For the password problem, I was confusing the root password for the user's password. When doing the ldapadd, I used the root user's password, and that fixed the credentials problem. Don't use the password of the user you are adding.

For the problem with not finding the server, specify "-h 127.0.0.1" to resolve to localhost. It doesn't default to any server in the add or search, not even localhost.

By: Anonymous

Hi,

In the configuration file the line starting with a space is considered a continuation of the previous line

so guys check in the slapd.conf for the "rootpw" line.

if there is a space at the starting of the line then remove it and restart the server it will resolve your problem.

By: Vkram

U rocks..... bro... It worked for me space before rootpw.......

By: Anonymous

Great tutorial, got me up and running in a few hours, after looking for over a week for a decent document to follow...

There is a typo error above that I should highlight. In /etc/openldap/adminmart.com.ldif example above, you need to insert a blank line between each "dn" text area. The result should be:

dn: dc=adminmart,dc=com
dc: adminmart
description: LDAP Admin
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: rootobject

dn: ou=People, dc=adminmart,dc=com
ou: People
description: Users of adminmart
objectClass: organizationalUnit

enjoy

By: Anonymous

Really Great DOC... Thanks a lot

By: RogierDikkes

Yeah good document, had some problems with the configuration. Followed all steps but got the error that username and password was incorrect when trying to login with phpadmin environment, after changing cn "Manager" to admin it worked perfect. Thanks for the guide!

By: maryam

I don't have any thing to ldap service in step 2,can I do slapd service instead of ldap?

By: HardeL

Service slapd is the correct service

so 'service slapd start' to start the service and

'chkconfig --levels 235 ldap on' to start the service on runlevels 2 3 and 5

By: MacPhotoBiker

Hi,

I did the installation from step one (on CentOS 6), and all went well. But already in step 2, I get an error message: [email protected] [~]# chkconfig --levels 235 ldap on

error reading information on service ldap: No such file or directory

Could somebody please guide me how to proceed from here? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

By: Anonymous

I am not able to adding my second entry. Anyone Could you please help me.
[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f /etc/openldap/test1.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry "uid=test1,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
ldap_add: No such object (32)
matched DN: dc=adminmart,dc=com

[[email protected] ~]# ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=adminmart,dc=com" -W -f /etc/openldap/test2.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
adding new entry "uid=test2,ou=People,dc=adminmart,dc=com"
ldap_add: No such object (32)
matched DN: dc=adminmart,dc=com

By: Shahid

Hi ,

I have installed LDAP using comand

#yum install *openldap* -y

after installation service is not running using this command

#service ldap start

showing the message

service unrecognized

By: Vinay

service slapd start

By: Saqib Ahmed

Hello dear,

I can not find the directory

/usr/share/openldap/migration/migrate_common.ph

in my pc there is /usr/share/openldap-server/

which is having two files: DB_CONFIG.example and slapd.ldif

how can I complete step 8.

By: Steph

Did you ever find a fix for this?

By: Kanishk

Thanks A Lot!!!

It's really helpful.

By: Murod

Hi! I configured all. But how can i use it

how can we add users or groups for application form

By: shashikumar r

Once i ru the command chkconfig --levels 235 ldap on

Am getting error reading information on service ldap: No such file or directory.

this error comng please let me know the solution

By: NICOLA

THAAANK YOU

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