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Ldap Tools Such as ldapadd and ldapsearch Fail with "Segmentation Fault" or "ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s" Errors (Doc ID 370259.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Internet Directory - Version 9.0.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

One of the following symptoms may be exhibited:

ldapsearch fails with:

ldapsearch -h <OID_host> -p <OID_port> -X -s sub -b "cn=<CN>,cn=users,<realm_DN>" -s sub "objectclass=*"

SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password:
Segmentation fault

Or:

ldapsearch -L -h <OID_host> -p <OID_port> -D cn=orcladmin -w <pwd> -b "<entry_DN>" -s base "objectclass=*"

SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your realm:
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials

(Pre-11g) ldapsearch fails with:

ERROR
ldap_init( <HOSTNAME>, <PORT> )
SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password:
Please enter your realm: <REALM>
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials

(11g+) ldapsearch fails with:

ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method (-6)
    additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available: No worthy mechs found

Or:

SASL/GSSAPI authentication started
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown API error (-50)
additional info: SASL(-1): generic failure:
<search and filter details>
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

From an RDBMS/Database system to a remore OID:

ld.so.1: ldapsearch: fatal: libldap50.so: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed


The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

  1. Do not set any environment variables.
  2. Conduct an ldapsearch.
  3. One of the above errors is reproduced.

Changes

 

Cause

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