RHEL5 authconfig LDAPS configuration enhancement

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • There is today no way to create a ldap configuration that uses ldaps (port 636) to connect to a ldap directory, the --enableldapssl and --enableldaptls options create a configuration that uses ldap (port 389) and start_tls.
  • In order to accomplish the ldaps connection we modify the /etc/ldap.conf file after authconfig has been run. (change ssl start_tls to ssl on , change the url from ldap:// to ldaps:// . ) This has the nasty side effect that the next time someone runs authconfig --updateall the ssl setting is lost and the machine lose connection to the ldap-directory.
  • We would like to have a option to authconfig to be able to create a ldaps – configuration or that authconfig do not modify the ssl setting in ldap.conf if it is set to on.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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