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Thomas R.
Asked: 2020-05-23 05:01:14 +0800 CST

Is it still possible to authenticate and authorize 20.04 against an unencrypted LDAP server?

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20.04/'Focal Fossa' uses sssd to handle authentication, authorization, and user and group information against LDAP.

Nevertheless, sssd does not support authentication over an unencrypted channel.

I have a very small network with an ldap server which is part of a NAS. This server does not support encryption. And yes, I could setup a modern ldap server in a LXC on this NAS. (If I had the knowledge...)

Much easier for me would be, making 20.04 working with unencrypted ldap server again.

Do any of you know if and how this works?

ldap openldap 20.04 sssd

1 Answers

  1. Thanks to muru's help I made it work.

    After the installation of nscld # apt-get install -y nslcd you should execute # dpkg-reconfigure -plow nslcd, even if nslcd already asked questions during the installation. This saves you from having to edit /etc/nslcd.conf by hand.

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