Tried this before, with the server name in dc= (ie dc=X-Server)
and nothing doing. Tried just now with nothing at all, still
nothing doing.
Treading very carefully, I have managed to switch on DHCP without
upsetting the PC's (fingers crossed now). Client Mac collects a
number from the server, recognises that LDAP is also supplied as
Directory Access shows up the servers details when Get LDAP info
via DHCP is switched on.
So, at the moment, I can NOT authenticate via LDAP, but I can
connect to say Groups and authenticate as a registered user. I feel
like I am close but not getting a cigar is beginning to prove
annoying. I trust these antics are supplying merriment to one and
all, hopefully we'll have this resolved soon. As usual, feel free
to jump in with anything at all that you might feel I've missed.
I don't know how far you are down the line with solving your issues,
but could i ask for a bit more info?
Firstly, do you have DNS running on your network, set up so that the
server can be resolved both forwards and in reverse ie:
a lookup for x-server.internal.mkps.co.uk would give the IP address
of the xserve (lets say 10.10.10.10)
a lookup for 10.10.10.10 would resolve to the FQDN of the server ie x-
server.internal.mkps.co.uk.
you can test this in the Terminal from your server using the 'host'
command. eg
host x-server. internal.mkps.co.uk
obviously i am assuming the name of your domain.
Next, when you say ' Treading very carefully, I have managed to
switch on DHCP without upsetting the PC's' - does that mean that you
are already running a DHCP service elsewhere on your LAN? Two DHCP
servers on the same segment won't play nicely. Handing out LDAP info
via DHCP is not necessary to achieve what you want.
Thirdly, what is your LDAP search base? You can find it listed in
Server Admin:Open Directory:Settings tab:Protocols tab. In your
description of client config above i would expect it to be simply
dc=x-server. The default search base in 10.4 server is derived from
the fqdn of the server ie ( from my example above) dc=x-
server,dc=internal,dc=mkps,dc=co,dc=uk. Did you select this search
base when you promoted the server to OD Master.
Lastly, is this a mature setup, ie was it all working under a
previous version of OS X server and client; or have you started from
scratch?
HTH
matt jenns
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