SASL2 plugin problem

[Henry B. Hotz]

Something like ktrace or dtrace to make the kernel tell you what files  
it's trying to open will usually help.

On Mar 10, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Xu, Qiang (FXSGSC) wrote:

> Hi, all:
>
> I am trying to code to let LDAP use SASL authentication to the  
> server. The interface is ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_ext_s()", which  
> will call SASL APIs to interact with the server.
>
> However, the binding request was not sent to the server, and the log  
> shows the error message is "86 Unknown authentication method". From  
> what I can gather, this seems the main SASL2 library (libsasl2.so)  
> cannot find its plugin (GSSAPI plugin is used here to talk to the  
> Kerberos server).
>
> But I have already have libsasl2.so in $libdir, and libgssapiv2.so  
> in $libdir/sasl2. So it should be able to find the plugin, right?
>
> Is there any tool in cyrus release that can be used to check this,  
> or verify GSSAPI mechanism works?
>
> Thanks,
> Xu Qiang

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