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5 H1: Common errors encountered when using OpenLDAP Software
7 The following sections attempt to summarize the most common causes of LDAP errors
10 H2: Common causes of LDAP errors
12 Port answers from http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/53.html
14 H3: ldap_*: Can't contact LDAP server
16 H3: ldap_*: No such object
18 H3: ldap_*: Can't chase referral
20 H3: ldap_*: server is unwilling to perform
22 H3: ldap_*: Insufficient access
24 H3: ldap_*: Invalid DN syntax
26 H3: ldap_*: Referral hop limit exceeded
28 H3: ldap_*: operations error
30 H3: ldap_*: other error
32 H2: Causes specific to specific LDAP operations:
34 H3: ldap_add/modify: Invalid syntax
36 H3: ldap_add/modify: Object class violation
38 H3: ldap_add: No such object
40 H3: ldap add: invalid structural object class chain
42 H3: ldap_add: no structuralObjectClass operational attribute
44 H3: ldap_add/modify/rename: Naming violation
46 H3: ldap_add/delete/modify/rename: no global superior knowledge
48 H3: ldap_bind: Insufficient access
50 H3: ldap_bind: Invalid credentials
52 H3: ldap_bind: No such object
54 H3: ldap_bind: Protocol error
56 H3: ldap_modify: cannot modify object class
58 H3: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: ...
60 H3: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such Object
62 H3: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such attribute
64 H3: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method
66 H3: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Local error (82)
68 H3: ldap_search: Partial results and referral received
70 H3: ldap_start_tls: Operations error
74 H3: ber_get_next on fd X failed errno=34 (Numerical result out of range)
76 H3: ber_get_next on fd X failed errno=11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)
78 H3: daemon: socket() failed errno=97 (Address family not supported)
80 H3: GSSAPI: gss_acquire_cred: Miscellaneous failure; Permission denied;
82 H3: access from unknown denied
84 H3: ldap_read: want=# error=Resource temporarily unavailable