LDAP: Cannot authenticate users with period in username

Question

Basically, this works:

ldapsearch -H ldap://test.domain.pri -x -b dc=domain,dc=pri -D test1 -W

This does not:

ldapsearch -H ldap://test.domain.pri -x -b dc=domain,dc=pri -D test.2 -W

The existence of a dot in the username seems to be the only determining factor here.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Try quoting the value for -D:

ldapsearch -H ldap://test.domain.pri -x -b dc=domain,dc=pri -D "test.2" -W

My other thought: the -D param is supposed to provide the distinguished name (DN). Is "test.2" really a valid DN in your setup?

Answer 2

Thanks for the suggestions! It turns out however that the client has something in place which replaces periods with spaces in the username. So the problem was not on my end!

Answer 3

For those who may still encounter this issue. Try using full UPN after -D. I found it to work with periods flawlessly:

    ldapsearch -H ldap://test.domain.pri -x -b dc=domain,dc=pri -D "test.2@domain.pri" -W