Re: [Exim] help with ldap config on solaris

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Joseph_Killeen@??? wrote:
> Running Solaris 8
> Exim 3.35
>
> I am trying to implement ldap lookup to replace the aliases file on my
> mailservers. I have compiled exim to use ldap. I would like to use
> ldap to verify the user account exsists and then redirect that mail to
> a internal lotus notes/domino mailserver. Any help on this is greatly
> appreciated. Thanks JK
>
> These are the settings in my exim configure file.
>
> ldap_default_servers = server ,
>
> configured a transport that looks like this:
>
> address_directory_ldap:
> driver = appendfile
> directory_mode = 0770
> mode = 0660
> no_from_hack
> and a director that looks like this:
>
> ldap_user:
> driver = aliasfile
> search_type = ldapm
> query = ldap://server:389
>
> This is the message I receive when I mailin to the server:
> search_find deferred: ldap search initiation failed

Maybe you should give exim a REAL query string?
How should it know where to search?
Please read the docs about ldap-lookups.

ciao