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Bug 254172

Summary:	Automatic DNS discovery of the LDAP server does not work
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Simo Sorce <ssorce>
Component:	nss_ldap	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.0	CC:	jplans, nicotine
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2008-0389	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2008-05-21 14:15:11 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	254171
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Description Simo Sorce 2007-08-24 16:02:11 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #254171 +++

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
254-2

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure nsswitch.conf to use ldap and a DNS record of the form
_ldap._tcp.domain.name to point to the ldap server
2. omit uri and hostname from /etc/ldap.conf
3. getent passwd
  
Actual results:
the ldap server is not contacted and no entries show up

Expected results:
the ldap server is queried and entries show up

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-16 03:44:14 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 14:15:11 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html

Comment 9 Michal Nowak 2008-06-19 13:07:33 UTC

http://cvs.devel.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/tests/nss_ldap/nss_ldap/bz254172/