I too have been having a terrible time install openLDAP - first on a brand new 8.04 LTS server and now on another one (it's a development box).
I do sudo apt-get install slapd ldap-utils then sudo dpkg-reconfigure slapd Saying "No" to Omit OpenLDAP server configuration? (which is confusing - why not Continue openLDAP server configuration? then have the answer default to "Yes") DNS Domain Name as imparisystems.local Organization name as (What is this? What should it be?) admin Password / twice (my supersecret password) Database backend to use HDB Do you want the database to be removed when slapd is purged? No Move old database? Yes Allow LDAPv2 protocol? No The configuration then comes back with Stopping OpenLDAP: slapd. Moving old database directory to /var/backups: - directory unknown... done. Creating initial slapd configuration... done. Creating initial LDAP directory... done. Reloading AppArmor profiles : done. Starting OpenLDAP: slapd. And then the first step is to configure your LDAP by typing ldapsearch -xLLL -b cn=config -D cn=admin,cn=config -W olcDatabase={1}hdb Enter LDAP Password: And everytime I get ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49) ldapsearch -xLLL -b cn=config -D cn=admin,cn=config -W olcDatabase={1}hdb -- OpenLDAP doc page is horrible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355400 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs