IPA / RHDS - Getting "Protocol error" when running some commands.
Issue
With some versions of the 389-ds package:
- Requesting an empty attribute fails with the error message "Protocol error":
# rpm -qa | grep 389-ds
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64
#
# ldapsearch -xLLL -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W -b cn=config -sbase objectclass=* ""
Enter LDAP Password:
Protocol error (2)
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- There are failures when running some IPA commands:
# ipa user-show admin
ipa: ERROR: Protocol error:
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Environment
Identity Management - IPA 4.5.x
Red Hat Directory Server 10.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
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