[Samba] Interacting with LDAP db without password as root

[Rowland penny]

On 15/07/2020 15:44, RhineDevil wrote:
> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:23:41 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>> On 15/07/2020 14:56, RhineDevil wrote:
>>> Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:56:48 +0100 Rowland penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>>>> On 15/07/2020 13:36, RhineDevil via samba wrote:
>>>>> How could I avoid being asked a password when interacting with /var/lib/samba/private/ldap_priv/ldapi through ldapsearch or ldaputils in general?
>>>>> (ldapsearch -H ldapi//%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fsamba%2Fprivate%2Fldapi)
>>>> Don't use ldap-utils, use ldb-tools and the machine password:
>>>>
>>>> sudo ldbsearch -P -H ldapi://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fsamba%2Fprivate%2Fldap
>>>>
>>>> Rowland
>>> "ldap client internal error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESFUL"
>> Strange, I get:
>>
>> root at dc01:~# ldbsearch -P -H ldapi://%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fsamba%2Fprivate%2Fldapi
>> ALL_MY_AD_RECORDS
>>
>> Snipped for brevity
>>
>> .....................
>> ...................
>> .................
>> # Referral
>> ref: ldap://samdom.example.com/CN=Configuration,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com
>>
>> # Referral
>> ref: ldap://samdom.example.com/DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com
>>
>> # Referral
>> ref: ldap://samdom.example.com/DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=samdom,DC=example,DC=com
>>
>> # returned 479 records
>> # 476 entries
>> # 3 referrals
>>
>> You are running this on a DC ?
>>
>> Rowland
>>
> Yes I think, I just did samba-tool domain provision [...] and then tried to connect with this socket

What OS and are you using distro packages or a self compiled Samba.

Rowland