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Bug #2707

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mod_auth ldap auth requires binding as the root of LDAP

Added by weitang114 almost 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Invalid
Priority:
Normal
Category:
-
Target version:
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Description

Doing ldap_search_s() on my LDAP server requires bind-dn/bind-pw as root.
Exposing root's password in the 05-auth.conf can be dangerous. Apache2 seems to bind as the user to authenticate instead.
For lighttpd 1.4, Is there a workaround ?
Thanks.

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/* 2. */
if (p->anon_conf->ldap == NULL ||
LDAP_SUCCESS != (ret = ldap_search_s(p->anon_conf->ldap, p->conf.auth_ldap_basedn->ptr, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, p->ldap_filter->ptr, attrs, 0, &lm))) {

/* try again; the ldap library sometimes fails for the first call but reconnects */
if (p->anon_conf->ldap == NULL || ret != LDAP_SERVER_DOWN ||
LDAP_SUCCESS != (ret = ldap_search_s(p->anon_conf->ldap, p->conf.auth_ldap_basedn->ptr, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, p->ldap_filter->ptr, attrs, 0, &lm))) {
if (auth_ldap_init(srv, p->anon_conf) != HANDLER_GO_ON)
return -1;
if (NULL == p->anon_conf->ldap) return -1;
if (LDAP_SUCCESS != (ret = ldap_search_s(p->anon_conf->ldap, p->conf.auth_ldap_basedn->ptr, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, p->ldap_filter->ptr, attrs, 0, &lm))) {
log_error_write(srv, FILE, LINE, "sssb",
"ldap:", ldap_err2string(ret), "filter:", p->ldap_filter);
return -1;
}
}
}@
Actions #1

Updated by darix almost 9 years ago

it tries to bind as anon to find the user dn and then binds with the user dn and the password. i think that is a better description.

Actions #2

Updated by weitang114 almost 9 years ago

darix wrote:

it tries to bind as anon to find the user dn and then binds with the user dn and the password. i think that is a better description.

Sorry for misunderstanding the code.
Since the ldap server asked for root dn, it gave me at the first part:

2016-01-22 01:20:55: (http_auth.c.669) ldap: Insufficient access filter: (uid=weitang114)

And I can't achieve the "bind with the user dn" part. (http_auth.c: 721)

Actions #3

Updated by stbuehler over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Invalid

You will need some "anon" user which is allowed to search for the actual user; there is no need for this user to be "root".

Actions #4

Updated by stbuehler over 8 years ago

  • Project changed from Lighttpd2 to Lighttpd
Actions #5

Updated by weitang114 over 8 years ago

Thank you very much. It was my misunderstanding.

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