Apache DS LDAP and CIFS

[mccarthymp]

I am trying to configure Alfrescom Labs 3 with Apache DS LDAP server and I get an error related to CIFS on server startup (below).  I found a mention of LDAP and CIFS in the wiki herehttp://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Enterprise_Security_and_Authentication_Configuration#Recommended_combi... which seems to indicate that LDAP and CIFS is not supported.  Is this true that you can not use CIFS with LDAP?

Can anyone confirm or direct me towards a wiki article or posting about proper configuration?

Thanks!

13:32:58,312 Userystem ERROR [alfresco.smb.protocol] CIFS server configuration
error, No valid authentication servers found for passthru
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: No valid authentication servers fou
nd for passthru
        at org.alfresco.filesys.auth.cifs.PassthruCifsAuthenticator.initialize(P
assthruCifsAuthenticator.java:1269)
        at org.alfresco.jlan.smb.server.CIFSConfigSection.setAuthenticator(CIFSC
onfigSection.java:607)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.processCIFSServerConfig(
ServerConfigurationBean.java:884)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.init(ServerConfiguration
Bean.java:549)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.onApplicationEvent(Serve
rConfigurationBean.java:3098)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1
.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)
        at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecut
or.java:49)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.m
ulticastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publis
hEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:246)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refres
h(AbstractApplicationContext.java:355)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationCon
text(ContextLoader.java:244)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationConte
xt(ContextLoader.java:187)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitiali
zed(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContex
t.java:3764)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4
216)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase
.java:760)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:74
0)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)

        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825)

        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java
:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl
eSupport.java:120)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:4
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)
13:32:58,312 Userystem ERROR [alfresco.smb.protocol] FTP server configuration
error, Wrong authentication setup for alfresco authenticator
org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException: Wrong authentication setup for alfr
esco authenticator
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.processFTPServerConfig(S
erverConfigurationBean.java:1835)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.init(ServerConfiguration
Bean.java:583)
        at org.alfresco.filesys.ServerConfigurationBean.onApplicationEvent(Serve
rConfigurationBean.java:3098)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1
.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)
        at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecut
or.java:49)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.m
ulticastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publis
hEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:246)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refres
h(AbstractApplicationContext.java:355)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationCon
text(ContextLoader.java:244)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationConte
xt(ContextLoader.java:187)
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitiali
zed(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContex
t.java:3764)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4
216)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase
.java:760)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:74
0)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544)

        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:825)

        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:714
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1138)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java
:311)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(Lifecycl
eSupport.java:120)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443
)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:4
48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700
)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433)

[tvaughan77]

LDAP authentication and CIFS are interoperable, unfortunately you need to use MD4 password encoding, which a lot of LDAP implementations don't support out-of-the-box.

[mccarthymp]

So if I could encode the passwords with MD4 (or plaintext?), it is possible to use CIFS and LDAP authentication.  Would I then need to configure the CIFS file server using PASSTHRU authentication?  Do you have any resources for configuring CIFS with PASSTHRU?

[tvaughan77]

Do you have any resources for configuring CIFS with PASSTHRUf

I'm afraid I don't. . .this is pretty much the extent of my knowledge of LDAP's impact on CIFS. . . having just been through 3 or 4 days of Alfresco/OpenLDAP/etc configuration, the one thing I keep reading/seeing is that if you're going to encrypt passwords, CIFS demands  MD4.