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ldap_integration [2009/08/20 09:31] 172.26.0.166ldap_integration [2009/08/20 09:40] 172.26.0.166
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  long time.</file>  long time.</file>
 ==== Domain controller vs. Global catalog ==== ==== Domain controller vs. Global catalog ====
 +As ILRI has many AD domains and our users could be coming from anywhere, we need to query a server running the global catalog service instead of a normal domain controller.  This note is of help:
 <file>All Windows 2000/2003 AD domain controllers (including Global Catalog Servers) listen for LDAP requests <file>All Windows 2000/2003 AD domain controllers (including Global Catalog Servers) listen for LDAP requests
  on the standard LDAP port 389. However, domain controllers (including Global Catalog Servers) respond to LDAP  on the standard LDAP port 389. However, domain controllers (including Global Catalog Servers) respond to LDAP
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 requests on port 3268, Microsoft's AD LDAP port. Global Catalog Servers respond to LDAP queries on port 3268 requests on port 3268, Microsoft's AD LDAP port. Global Catalog Servers respond to LDAP queries on port 3268
  with AD information from the entire AD forest. In multi-domain AD environments, it is best to use port 3268.</file>  with AD information from the entire AD forest. In multi-domain AD environments, it is best to use port 3268.</file>
 +ILRI Kenya has three Active Directory servers, and from what I can tell two of them run a global catalog:
 +  * 172.26.0.218 <- running a global catalog (port 3268)
 +  * 172.26.0.219
 +  * 172.26.0.220 <- running a global catalog (port 3268)
  
 ===== pam_cgiar_ldap.c ===== ===== pam_cgiar_ldap.c =====
ldap_integration.txt · Last modified: 2012/02/06 08:43 by aorth