Common LDAP client errors

 

This information describes common LDAP client errors.

Knowing the causes of common LDAP client errors can help you to solve problems with your server. For a complete list of LDAP client error conditions, see "Directory Server APIs" in the Programming topic collection.

The client error messages have the following format:

[Failing LDAP operation]:[LDAP client API error conditions]

The explanation of these errors assumes that the client is communicating with an LDAP server on i5/OS^®. A client communicating with a server on a different platform might get similar errors, but the causes and resolutions would most likely be different.

• ldap_search: Timelimit exceeded
  This error occurs when the ldapsearch command is performing slowly.

• [Failing LDAP operation]: Operations error
  Several things can generate this error.

• ldap_bind: No such object
  A common cause of this error is that a user makes a typing mistake when performing an operation.

• ldap_bind: Inappropriate authentication
  The server returns invalid credentials when the password or bind DN is incorrect.

• [Failing LDAP operation]: Insufficient access
  This error is usually generated when the binding DN does not have authority to do the operation (such as an add or delete) that the client requests.

• [Failing LDAP operation]: Cannot contact LDAP server
  The most common causes of this error include a request before the server is ready or an invalid port number.

• [Failing LDAP operation]: Failed to connect to SSL server
  This error occurs when the LDAP server rejects the client connection because a secure socket connection cannot be established.

 

Parent topic:

Troubleshooting Directory Server

 

Related concepts

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) APIs