Bug ID 908517: LDAP authenticating failures seen because of 'Too many open file handles at client (nslcd)'

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP PEM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 15.1.0, 15.1.0.1, 15.1.0.2, 15.1.0.3, 15.1.0.4, 15.1.0.5, 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.2.1, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 16.0.1.1, 15.1.3, 14.1.4

Opened: May 12, 2020

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

LDAP authentication fails with an error message: err nslcd[2867]: accept() failed: Too many open files

Impact

You cannot logon to the system using LDAP authentication.

Conditions

This problem occurs when user-template is used instead of Bind DN.

Workaround

None.

Fix Information

LDAP authentication now succeeds when user-template is used.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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