[kdepim-users] Kmail/Kaddressbook - LDAP/GSSAPI to Active Directory?

Paul Sobey buddha at the-annexe.net
Mon Jul 22 10:21:05 BST 2013


Bump - is anyone else using ldap directory services against AD here? Would 
appreciate some advice - or is it more appropriate to file a bug?

Cheers,
Paul


On Thu, 18 Jul 2013, Paul Sobey wrote:

> Good Morning,
>
> I use kmail at work. I'd like to bind to our Active Directory (2008) via 
> GSSAPI for addressbook lookup. This used to work, but recently (4.7-4.8?) the 
> LDAP functionality in KDE was refactored a bit, and now I can't make it work. 
> It _does_ work on my home openldap/gssapi setup, making me wonder if there is 
> some sort of schema related issue here.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> - configure ldap AD server with SASL/GSSAPI bindings in kaddressbook/ldap
>  server settings
> - in kmail, compose new email, select recipient, search directory service,
>  type name
> - error message observed: 'LDAP server returned the error: Unknown API
>   error' <LDAP URL>
>
> Details of setup:
>
> - gentoo box/kernel 3.9.1
> - nslcd bound correctly to AD via SASL/GSSAPI (implies stack behaving)
> - kerberos service ticket for ldap/domain controller after search
>  (implying good SASL bind)
> - OpenLDAP 2.4.30
> - KDE 4.10.5
>
> Is anyone out there successfully doing this? I'd love to know if it's a 
> problem with my setup, or bug. Suggestions for further debug gratefully 
> received. In particular, if there is a way to determine exactly what ldap 
> query is being sent to the AD it would help. I can't find a logfile anywhere, 
> and packet capture doesn't help since the traffic is SASL protected.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
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