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Maybe add a blurb about escape characters? #8424

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opened 2025-12-29 20:36:33 +01:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2025-12-29 20:36:33 +01:00
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Originally created by @FMCUSystemAdmins on GitHub (Aug 4, 2023).

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Just spent a few hours researching/reconfiguring/restarting things because I was receiving Caught LDAPError while authenticating: INVALID_CREDENTIALS({'msgtype': 97, 'msgid': 1, 'result': 49, 'desc': 'Invalid credentials', 'ctrls': [], 'info': '80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C090447, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v3839'}) from LDAP debug logs.

Fix ended up being escaping a "\" in the binding account's password. So, if the password was "Pass123\", it would actually have to be plugged into the AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD field as "Pass123\\".

Am requesting a note or something to be added in the LDAP Configuration page to save others this time.

P.S. Funny enough, had to apply same principle to this post for the slashes to actually show...

Originally created by @FMCUSystemAdmins on GitHub (Aug 4, 2023). ### Change Type Addition ### Area Configuration ### Proposed Changes Just spent a few hours researching/reconfiguring/restarting things because I was receiving `Caught LDAPError while authenticating: INVALID_CREDENTIALS({'msgtype': 97, 'msgid': 1, 'result': 49, 'desc': 'Invalid credentials', 'ctrls': [], 'info': '80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C090447, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v3839'})` from LDAP debug logs. Fix ended up being escaping a "\\" in the binding account's password. So, if the password was "Pass123\\", it would actually have to be plugged into the AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD field as "Pass123\\**\\**". Am requesting a note or something to be added in the [LDAP Configuration](https://docs.netbox.dev/en/stable/installation/6-ldap/) page to save others this time. P.S. Funny enough, had to apply same principle to this post for the slashes to actually show...
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adam commented 2025-12-29 20:36:33 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2023):

While I can appreciate your frustration, we must be careful to avoid scope creep in our documentation. We necessarily assume some level of familiarity on the part of the reader with syntax; otherwise, we'd be repeating quite a lot of fundamental concepts across many pages of documentation. This would become not only burdensome to maintain, but to read as well.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2023): While I can appreciate your frustration, we must be careful to avoid scope creep in our documentation. We necessarily assume some level of familiarity on the part of the reader with syntax; otherwise, we'd be repeating _quite a lot_ of fundamental concepts across many pages of documentation. This would become not only burdensome to maintain, but to read as well.
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