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class=875463410-11032009>Hi, Dan: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875463410-11032009>Thanks for your reminding me of this utility.
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class=875463410-11032009>Yes, I found it, and put it into our printer to have a
test:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875463410-11032009>mbc80:/usr/sbin <360> pluginviewer |grep -i
gssapi<BR>PLAIN NTLM LOGIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 ANONYMOUS
EXTERNAL<BR>Plugin "GSSAPI" [loaded], API
version: 4<BR> SASL mechanism: GSSAPI,
best SSF: 56, supports setpass: no<BR>PLAIN NTLM LOGIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5
CRAM-MD5 ANONYMOUS EXTERNAL<BR>Plugin "GSSAPI"
[loaded], API version:
4<BR> SASL mechanism: GSSAPI, best
SSF: 56<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
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class=875463410-11032009>It seems GSSAPI plugin is in place. But the output is a
little different from the URL you gave me. There, the name of the plugin is
"gssapiv2". I don't know whether this would make a difference.
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class=875463410-11032009>By the way, ldapsearch utility in our system was
compiled without SASL support. :-(</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875463410-11032009>Given the situation here, could you give me some
suggestion of any other reason that will lead to the LDAP SASL binding error of
"86 Unknown authentication method"? Or any other method without ldapsearch
utitity that can be used to verify SASL works properly?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875463410-11032009>Thanks a lot,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=875463410-11032009>Xu Qiang</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Dan White [mailto:dwhite@olp.net]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Xu, Qiang
(FXSGSC)<BR><B>Cc:</B> Henry B. Hotz;
cyrus-sasl@lists.andrew.cmu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: SASL2 plugin
problem<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Xu,<BR><BR>Cyrus provides the 'pluginviewer' utility, which can be
used to verify that your gssapi plugin is installed correctly.<BR><BR>If
available on your system, ldapsearch might provide an easier way to trouble
shoot. 'ldd', or your system's equivalent, should tell you if your ldap
library is looking in the correct location for your sasl library, assuming
it's dynamically linked.<BR><BR>This might provide some more ideas:<BR><BR><A
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href="http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Cyrus/OpenLdapSaslGssapi">http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Cyrus/OpenLdapSaslGssapi</A><BR><BR>-
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