393892 - LDAP directories "Download Now" function doesn't bind properly (and fails)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 316170

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Thomas Guyot]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.23 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

I set up AD-based LDAP directories in Mozilla Thunderbird. I can search trough them but when I go in the directory properties, under the "Offline" tab the "Download Now" button doesn't work.

I enabled LDAP logging and the problem is obvious: Thunderbird uses an empty username for binding, and so access is denied.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
For this to work the LDAP server must refuse access to unauthenticated users.

1. Create a new LDAP directory and verify it's working by searching it.
2. In the directory properties, click on "Offline" then "Download Now"

Actual Results:  
"Replication failed" gets printed under the button

Expected Results:  
Directory gets downloaded

Here the edited log with comments (prefixed by '***'):

*** I try downloading the address book...

0[274c10]: nsLDAPOperation::SimpleBind(): called; bindName = ''; 

*** Notice the bindName = ''

3252[329f948]: nsLDAPConnection::Run() entered
0[274c10]: pending operation added; total pending operations now = 1
0[274c10]: nsLDAPOperation::SearchExt(): called with aBaseDn = 'OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com'; aFilter = '(objectclass=*)', aAttrCounts = 0, aSizeLimit = 0
0[274c10]: pending operation added; total pending operations now = 2
3252[329f948]: pending operation removed; total pending operations now = 1
3252[329f948]: pending operation removed; total pending operations now = 0
3252[329f948]: unbinding
3252[329f948]: unbound

*** Not very verbose, but in the application I get "Replication failed". Now I try searching my name:

0[274c10]: nsLDAPOperation::SimpleBind(): called; bindName = '[e-mail]'; 

*** Notice the bindName = '[e-mail]' (address edited for privacy)

3752[32b3b50]: nsLDAPConnection::Run() entered
0[274c10]: pending operation added; total pending operations now = 1
0[274c10]: nsLDAPOperation::SearchExt(): called with aBaseDn = 'OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com'; aFilter = '(|(mail=*me*)(cn=*me*)(givenName=*me*)(sn=*me*))', aAttrCounts = 64, aSizeLimit = 100
0[274c10]: pending operation added; total pending operations now = 2
3752[32b3b50]: pending operation removed; total pending operations now = 1

*** Now I get a bunch of these (edited)...:

0[274c10]: nsLDAPMessage::GetDn(): dn = 'CN=Some User,OU=Some Group,OU=Users,DC=example,DC=com'

*** And Thunderbird hapilly prints the results.

3752[32b3b50]: pending operation removed; total pending operations now = 0
3752[32b3b50]: unbinding
3752[32b3b50]: unbound

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Duplicate of bug 316170. Note that this will be fixed in Thunderbird 3. The changes it requires are too significant for the Thunderbird 2 branch.