External authentication to Zimbra LDAP

thejonmoore · Post by **thejonmoore** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:22 am

I have looked over the forums, and can't seem to find a good answer to this. Most questions are asking about the other way around.
I have Zimbra installed, configured, and running. I want to use the Zimbra LDAP server to authenticate other applications. All I need is a username/password for the other apps.
I have tried to decode* the Zimbra LDAP myself, but havn't been successful. How is the username/email address and password referred to in the Zimbra LDAP?
Currently, I am running a plain OpenLDAP server, and users are stored as follows:
cn=j.moore,ou=people,dc=chc,dc=local
I tried the similar against Zimbra LDAP, changing a few parts, but have had no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Jon

14319KevinH · Post by **14319KevinH** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:24 am

You can look in the zimbra.schema file or use an LDAP browser to discover the tree. The passwords for LDAP can be retrieved from zmlocalconfig

robrankin · Post by **robrankin** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:43 am

[quote user="thejonmoore"]cn=j.moore,ou=people,dc=chc,dc=local[/QUOTE]
Try:
uid=username,ou=people,dc=exmaple,dc=com
Where "username" is the first half of the users email.
Works for me.