Re: ldap <--> heimdal again

[Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 07:18:02PM +0500, Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> 1) how can I specify path to the socket openldap is listening on ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     In /etc/rc.conf ( FreeBSD box )
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the question was "how does heimdal recognize where to look for that 
>>>>> socket
>>>>> ?"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Hardcoded in
>>>>     /usr/ports/security/heimdal/work/heimdal-0.6.3/lib/hdb/hdb-ldap.c
>>>>
>>>>     rc = ldap_initialize((LDAP **) & db->db, "ldapi:///");
> 
>                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> but how to You know that string means "/var/run/openldap/ldapi" ?

See the OpenLDAP source code: include/ldap_defaults.h defines LDAPI_SOCK 
which is the default socket path. Heimdal doesn't know anything about 
the actual pathname of the socket, it's purely a libldap item.

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