Symptoms

SoftNAS is currently integrating LDAP Server, and Client functionality for NAS services requiring LDAP Authentication. As a SoftNAS user, you want to test this new capability and are looking for the best way to test our functionality.

Purpose:

At this time, the quickest way to demo and test SoftNAS as an LDAP server is to utilize 389-DS. This guide will walk you through configuration of your SoftNAS LDAP integration using 389-DS. 

This short guide will assume ALL default configuration information provided by 389-ds package.

Resolution:

SSH into the SoftNAS Instance; as root:

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Run the following commands:

# yum install 389-ds

# setup-ds-admin.pl

This *.pl is a Perl script that will automate the creation of the Base Server.

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SoftNAS does not provide support for LDAP Server Configuration.

Additional Information: 

SoftNAS Suggests the Apache Directory Studio:

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