LDAP returns incorrect IP address

[dgersic]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:46:02 +0000, Teimuraz wrote:

> ldapsearch -x -h 10.10.22.7 -b "o=COMPANY"
> "(&(networkAddress=*)(objectclass=user))" networkAddress groupMembership
> uid givenName fullName sn passwordExpirationTime loginTime loginDisabled

As I guessed, you are using the Network Address ("networkAddress").


> So, my problem is that in THIS information IP addresses some time are
> WRONG or MISSING (not in given example, these are correct).

I haven't seen "missing", but then I haven't been looking for it.

I have seen "wrong". That's a known problem. Search the forums here for
"stuck network address" for details; I do not feel like re-typing all of
that right now.


> Only
> sometimes, and for some users. And if we check this address from Novell
> Remote Manager, it's correct.

What you see in Novell Remote Manager is coming from the server's
connection table. This is different from the user's Network Address
attribute value(s).


> And question is:
>
> 1. Why infomation from LDAP and directly from system is different?

Because eDirectory has not successfully tracked correct values for
Network Address since eDir 85.12. I reported this to Novell Support in
the fall of 2001. Support have sent it to Engineering. Engineering have
not, as of yet, fixed the problems that cause this to happen.


> 2. What can I do?

Not a hell of a lot. You can complain to Novell Support; or Sales, if you
have a good sales person. But until Novell Engineering fix the code that
maintains the Network Address attribute so that it does it reliably,
anything that relies on the Network Address attribute is going to be
unreliable.


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