Chapter 17. Using the Pass-through Authentication Plug-in

Section 3.3, “Specifying the Authenticating Directory Server”

Section 3.4, “Specifying the Pass-through Subtree”

Section 3.5, “Configuring the Optional Parameters”

3.1. Turning the Plug-in On or Off

To turn the PTA Plug-in on from the command line, do the following:

1.Use the ldapmodify command to update the plug-in configuration:

ldapmodify -p 389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password -h example

dn: cn=Pass Through Authentication,cn=plugins,cn=config

changetype: modify

replace: nsslapd-pluginenabled

nsslapd-pluginenabled: on

2.Restart the server. 1

service dirsrv restart instance_name

To disable the plug-in, change the nsslapd-pluginenabledattribute value from on to off. Whenever the PTA Plug-in is enabled or disabled from the command line, the server must be restarted.

3.2. Configuring the Servers to Use a Secure Connection

The PTA directory can be configured to communicate with the authenticating directory over SSL by specifying LDAPS in the LDAP URL of the PTA directory. For example:

nsslapd-pluginarg0: ldaps://ldap.example.com:636/o=NetscapeRoot

3.3. Specifying the Authenticating Directory Server

The authenticating directory contains the bind credentials for the entry with which the client is attempting to bind. The PTA directory passes the bind request to the host defines as the authenticating directory. To specify the authenticating Directory Server, replace authDS in the LDAP URL of the PTA directory with the authenticating directory's hostname, as described in Table 17.1, “PTA Plug-in Parameters”.

1. Use ldapmodify edit the PTA Plug-in entry.

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HP UX Red Hat Direry Server Software Turning the Plug-in On or Off, Configuring the Servers to Use a Secure Connection