[Samba] Problem with LDAP failover config

[John Drescher]

On 8/8/07, Ben Tisdall <ben at redcircleit.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have working master & slave OpenLDAP servers the Samba PDC works
> correctly when using either as the passdb backend.
>
> However, when configuring for LDAP failover as per this doc:
>
> http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/2000users.html
>
> Samba doesn't work & the logs fill up with this:
>
> ldap_initialize: Bad parameter to an ldap routine
> Connection to LDAP server failed for the 1 try!
>
> This is the actual directive I'm using save for the FQDNs:
>
> passdb backend = ldapsam:"ldap://master.example.com:1389 \
> ldap://slave.example.com"
>

Is 1389 the real port on the master ldap server? Have you configured
the ldap server to use ldap ssl?

John