Re: [squid-users] Squid_Ldap_Auth error "Cant Contact LDAP Server" (Solved!!)

I have checked the nsswitch.conf and hosts are in the
same order.

Yes I am able to ping the ADS servers with their FQDN
when the DNS is down but not to any other PCs

Regards
Babs

--- it clown <squid@mailbox.co.za> wrote:
> look at your nsswitch.conf.
>
> hosts: files dns
>
> If you add that to nsswitch.conf it will first look
> at your
> /etc/hosts file and then dns. Make sure you have
> your AD pc
> in /etc/hosts.
>
> to be able to connect to AD you need dns to resolv
> its
> name. Can you ping any pc on network with its FQDN
> when dns
> is down?
>
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:26:06 -0700 (PDT)
> Babs <arvbab@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Interestingly Henrik , I have added those ADS
> servers
> > IPs in /etc/hosts when i setup the proxy and still
> I
> > dont know why this happend. Anything you want me
> to
> > check it up?
> >
> > Regards
> > Babs
> >
> > --- Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Babs wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > > As the linuxbox access the Win2K box running
> ADS
> > > for
> > > > getting the user authenticated using
> > > squid_ldap_auth,
> > > > when the machine running DNS goes down
> linuxbox is
> > > > not able to reach the Win2K box running ADS I
> > > suppose.
> > > > As soon as the DNS system came back to life
> > > > authentication is working fine. Anyone can
> tell me
> > > > more why this happens?
> > >
> > > squid_ldap_auth needs to be able to find the IP
> > > address from your ADS
> > > server name in order to connect to it..
> > >
> > > You can work around this by adding the ADS
> server to
> > > your local /etc/hosts
> > > file.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Henrik
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Thu Apr 28 2005 - 12:15:54 MDT