SOLVED Setting up LDAP server.

Question

Arch is boring because everything runs too smooth .  So for a challenge, I tried to set up an LDAP server and I can't getting it to work.  I even have a book in front of me!!
I keep getting this error: ldap_result: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
This is my query: ldapsearch -x '(objectclass=*)' -W -D "cn=admin, dc=example, dc=com"
This is my slapd.conf:
include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
pidfile /var/run/slapd.pid
argsfile /var/run/slapd.args
access to *
by self write
by users read
by anonymous auth
database bdb
suffix "dc=exemple,dc=com"
rootdn "cn=admin,dc=exemple,dc=com"
rootpw secret
directory /var/lib/openldap/openldap-data
index objectClass eq
And this is my ldap.conf:
BASE dc=exemple,dc=com
URI ldap://localhost
nmap localhost shows : 389/tcp  open  ldap so I guess the server is running
Can someone give me some hint??
EDIT:
hosts.allow damn it.
slapd:ALL:ALLOW.
I did not see any mention whatsoever in Mastering OpenLDAP book from Packt Publishing
Last edited by marxav (2007-09-30 22:46:47)

Answer 1

That is correct. I was indeed able to use the app server (10g) to give the LDAP user permission to access the objects, then used sql commands to register the objects inside the LDAP.
However, I am finding NOTHING about actually creating a unique connection factory that can be registered in the LDAP. I find reference to registering Queues/Topics/Factories inside the LDAP, but nothing about actually creating the factories.
In fact, here
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28420/aq_envir.htm#sthref409
it's listed that you cannot use sql to create a connectionfactory... not to mention the create java commands for factories look strikingly similar to the queue/topic GET commands, and not the create commands. You can add an alias for that factory using sql, but can't actually create the factory using sql... ???