1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/install/tools/ipactl b/install/tools/ipactl
index 0254a2762..fc652c975 100755
--- a/install/tools/ipactl
+++ b/install/tools/ipactl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ try:
     from ipalib import api, errors
     import logging
     import ldap
+    import ldap.sasl
     import socket
 except ImportError:
     print >> sys.stderr, """\
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ error was:
 """ % sys.exc_value
     sys.exit(1)
 
+SASL_EXTERNAL = ldap.sasl.sasl({}, 'EXTERNAL')
+
 def parse_options():
     usage = "%prog start|stop|restart|status\n"
     parser = config.IPAOptionParser(usage=usage,
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ def get_config():
 
     try:
         con = ldap.initialize(api.env.ldap_uri)
-        con.simple_bind()
+        con.sasl_interactive_bind_s('', SASL_EXTERNAL)
         res = con.search_st(base,
                             ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
                             filterstr=srcfilter,