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--- ldap_integration [2009/08/17 08:03] – aorth
+++ ldap_integration [2009/08/18 11:36] – alan
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 ILRI uses an Active Directory server for user authentication, which is primarily used for Exchange e-mail services.  Active Directory is Microsoft's version of LDAP with a little special sauce.  Currently users have an Active Directory username and password for their Windows-centric single sign on and e-mail, and then they have a separate account for use with the HPC.  There exists functionality in Linux to look at Active Directory for user authentication.
-This was working once, using a //slightly// customized PAM module.  In order to use the module several steps are needed.  Download the module source and compile it as shown below:
+<note warning>ILRI's Active Directory servers are configured to [[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326690|disallow anonymous binds]] so we need to use a special account account which is allowed to perform queries.  Robert Okal has given me an account to perform queries, the name is ''bioinfohpc''</note>
-  * Compile the code:  ''gcc -fPIC  -c pam_cgiar_ldap.c''
-  * Link the code:  ''ld -x --shared -o pam_cgiar_ldap.so pam_cgiar_ldap.o –lldap''
-The Active Directory server must not only be a domain controller, but must be running the [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978012.aspx|global catalog service]] (port 3268) in order for our LDAP queries to work properly.  ILRI Kenya's Active Directory servers are:
+This was working once, using a //slightly// customized PAM module, but broken when IT services disabled anonymous binding.  In order to use the module several steps are needed.  Download the module source and edit the code to point to the correct server, then compile it as shown below:
-  * 172.26.0.218 <- running a global catalog server (port 3268)
+  * Compile the code:  ''gcc -fPIC  -c pam_cgiar_ldap.c''
-  * 172.26.0.219
+  * Link the code:  ''ld -x --shared -o pam_cgiar_ldap.so –lldap pam_cgiar_ldap.o''
-  * 172.26.0.220 <- running a global catalog server (port 3268)
 **pam_cgiar_ldap.c**:
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   ldap_set_option( NULL, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &version);
   ldap_set_option( NULL, LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT, &timeOut);
-  ld = ldap_init("172.26.12.11" , 389 );
+  ld = ldap_init("172.26.0.218" , 389 );
   if (ld==NULL) printf("\nproblems connecting\n");
   int rc;