I'm trying to get OpenLDAP on Lenny to work with StartTLS. I have a Fedora 13 machine which I'm using as a client for testing. So far the Fedora client is ignoring the 'host' directive in /etc/ldap.conf when I try to connect using ldapsearch. The client wants to connect to 127.0.0.1:389 even if I specify -H ldaps://server.name on when using ldapsearch. /etc/ldap.conf on the client machine is in mode 444.

But even when I try connecting locally from an ssh session, I see errors like this: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

Someone hit me with a cluebat, plz.

Update: you must use ~/.ldaprc for settings such as 'host'. Also, I just used nmap against the ldap server and it showed 636 and 389 in an open state.

Here's what prints to screen when I try to connect with, ldapsearch -ZZ –x '(objectclass=*)'+ -d -1

ldap_create
ldap_extended_operation_s
ldap_extended_operation
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_new_connection 1 1 0
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP 192.168.10.41:636
ldap_new_socket: 3
ldap_prepare_socket: 3
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying 192.168.10.41:636
ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 3 tm: -1 async: 0
ldap_open_defconn: successful
ldap_send_server_request
ber_scanf fmt ({it) ber:
ber_dump: buf=0x9bdbdb8 ptr=0x9bdbdb8 end=0x9bdbdd7 len=31
  0000:  30 1d 02 01 01 77 18 80  16 31 2e 33 2e 36 2e 31   0....w...1.3.6.1  
  0010:  2e 34 2e 31 2e 31 34 36  36 2e 32 30 30 33 37      .4.1.1466.20037   
ber_scanf fmt ({) ber:
ber_dump: buf=0x9bdbdb8 ptr=0x9bdbdbd end=0x9bdbdd7 len=26
  0000:  77 18 80 16 31 2e 33 2e  36 2e 31 2e 34 2e 31 2e   w...1.3.6.1.4.1.  
  0010:  31 34 36 36 2e 32 30 30  33 37                     1466.20037        
ber_flush2: 31 bytes to sd 3
  0000:  30 1d 02 01 01 77 18 80  16 31 2e 33 2e 36 2e 31   0....w...1.3.6.1  
  0010:  2e 34 2e 31 2e 31 34 36  36 2e 32 30 30 33 37      .4.1.1466.20037   
ldap_write: want=31, written=31
  0000:  30 1d 02 01 01 77 18 80  16 31 2e 33 2e 36 2e 31   0....w...1.3.6.1  
  0010:  2e 34 2e 31 2e 31 34 36  36 2e 32 30 30 33 37      .4.1.1466.20037   
ldap_result ld 0x9bd3050 msgid 1
wait4msg ld 0x9bd3050 msgid 1 (infinite timeout)
wait4msg continue ld 0x9bd3050 msgid 1 all 1
** ld 0x9bd3050 Connections:
* host: 192.168.10.41  port: 636  (default)
  refcnt: 2  status: Connected
  last used: Sun Jun  6 12:54:05 2010


** ld 0x9bd3050 Outstanding Requests:
 * msgid 1,  origid 1, status InProgress
   outstanding referrals 0, parent count 0
  ld 0x9bd3050 request count 1 (abandoned 0)
** ld 0x9bd3050 Response Queue:
   Empty
  ld 0x9bd3050 response count 0
ldap_chkResponseList ld 0x9bd3050 msgid 1 all 1
ldap_chkResponseList returns ld 0x9bd3050 NULL
ldap_int_select
read1msg: ld 0x9bd3050 msgid 1 all 1
ber_get_next
ldap_read: want=8, got=0

ber_get_next failed.
ldap_err2string
ldap_start_tls: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)