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The SASL bind to UNIX LDAP server fails with Local error

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FreeIPA LDAP server
  • LDAP SASL bind

Issue

  • Using FreeIPA as an external LDAP server, the storage fails SASL bind to the LDAP server with the following SecD log

Tue Aug 03 2021 10:48:04 +02:00 [kern_secd:info:91312] [ 0] Resolved LDAP servers: 10.10.10.10. Vserver: 6

Tue Aug 03 2021 10:48:04 +02:00 [kern_secd:info:91312] [ 42] Successfully connected to ip 10.10.10.10, port 389 using TCP

Tue Aug 03 2021 10:48:04 +02:00 [kern_secd:info:91312] [ 44] Entry for host-address: 10.10.10.10 not found in the current source: FILES. Ignoring and trying next available source

Tue Aug 03 2021 10:48:04 +02:00 [kern_secd:info:91312] **[ 69] FAILURE: Unable to SASL bind to LDAP server using GSSAPI: Local error

Tue Aug 03 2021 10:48:04 +02:00 [kern_secd:info:91312] [ 69] Additional info: SASL(-1): generic failure: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information (Server ldap/dc01.ntap.local@NTAP.LOCAL not found in Kerberos database)

  • Check DNS to ensure that all LDAP servers that ONTAP may connect to have a single, correct PTR record

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