I am configuring my first SLES11SP2 server today and the LDAP configuration has got me stopped in my tracks. There’s a new button on the “yast2 ldap” screen that is “Download CA Certificate” and a new section in the Advanced page that has a blank for Certificate Directory and CA Certificate File. How and where do I get the information needed for these? I really need more information about certificates in SLES in general if anyone has a link for documentation of same. I’m clueless when it comes to certs and how they are used and where they come from, etc.
Ok. I unchecked the TLS/SSL box and was able to continue. Thanks!
However… If I want to use SSL I’ll need the cert. I understand that they need to come from the LDAP server, but where? It asks for a “CA Certificate URL for Download”, what should that URL be? I’ve tried http://LDAPServerName and https://LDAPServerName but neither works.
I know it’s an old thread, but I have come across questions like this before. The first tab/page where you can click “Download CA Certificate” is used to retrieve a certificate that you have already exported and placed somewhere.
Then, when you go into to the “Advanced Configuration”, you have 2 options…“Certificate Directory” and “CA Certificate file”. So the first allows you to choose a folder to store multiple Certificates (in a folder) the other allows you to select a specific issuing CA certificate for the connection…that’s how I understand it. So in any case, I would say, you need to export the certificate first, you can’t use the config tool to connect and then store the certificate locally.
