topic Problem with OpenLDAP configuration in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-with-openldap-configuration/m-p/262702#M215832 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I installed Alfresco 4 and I wanted to configure OpenLdap. I followed the example given in the book</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Professional Alfresco, which is the same as this</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fauth-ldap-intro.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fauth-ldap-intro.html</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and then I defined my chain in the file</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>alfresco-global.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>with the line</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>authentication.chain=ldap1:ldap,alforig:alfrescoNtlm</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>so I created my own sub-system:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/opt/alfresco-4.0.d/tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/subsystem/Authentication/ldap/ldap1</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and then I edited the file, placing all, I think, the configurations that are used, and in particular:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ldap.authentication.java.naming.provider.url=ldap://172.XXX.XXX.XXX:389</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>but when I restart, in the log file catalina.out I see:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2012-11-30 17:17:34,760&nbsp; ERROR [authentication.ldap.LDAPInitialDirContextFactoryImpl] [main] Unable to connect to LDAP Server; check LDAP configuration</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> javax.naming.CommunicationException: openldap.domain.com:389 [Root exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: openldap.domain.com]</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>doing a grep of openldap.domain.com I find that it is the server that is located in the file:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/opt/alfresco-4.0.d/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap-authentication.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and so I conclude that the application does not take the configuration of the sub-system, why ??</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>someone knows how to help me ??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>a huge thank you</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:24:33 GMT stefanoel 2012-12-28T15:24:33Z Problem with OpenLDAP configuration https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-with-openldap-configuration/m-p/262702#M215832 Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum.I installed Alfresco 4 and I wanted to configure OpenLdap. I followed the example given in the bookProfessional Alfresco, which is the same as thishttp://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Fconcepts%2Fauth-ldap-intro.htmland the Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:24:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-with-openldap-configuration/m-p/262702#M215832 stefanoel 2012-12-28T15:24:33Z Re: Problem with OpenLDAP configuration https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-with-openldap-configuration/m-p/262703#M215833 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Did you really name your directory "subsystem" (singular) instead of "subsystems" (plural) or was that a typo in your post?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:56:18 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-with-openldap-configuration/m-p/262703#M215833 jpotts 2013-01-02T20:56:18Z