Hello all !
Let me explain the goal before the problem :
We need to setup a directory service in our DMZ so our web portal can provide an address book without having to connect to the AD. We setup (this is all in the lab environment for now) an AD LDS instance in the DMZ with ADAMSYNC gathering the AD info, plus LDIFDE commands to insert non-AD users into the same instance. The web portal will do LDAP queries to the LDS instance to provide all the users information (AD and non-AD users).
Now the ADAMSYNC works great. The LDIFDE commands work perfectly as well, and through ADSIEDIT or LDP.exe I can see the users with all their attributes.
Now for the problem :
Trying to query the directory using a browser with the LDAP://LDS_server gives the following message
An error occurred while performing the search. Your computer, your Internet service provider, or the specified directory service may be disconnected. Check your connections and try again. Operations Error
This is on the same computer that successfully accessed the LDS directory with ADSIEDIT.msc and LDP.exe
I also tried opening the address book from Outlook, and I got a very similar message.
Am I missing something ? I noticed that on the LDS server, the service Active Directory Web Services is up and running...