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Julia Smith commented on DIR-320:
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With no background in ldap, and learning from the ground up, I spent several
days piecing together directory studio documentation in order to actually
perform due diligence on apacheDS and directory studio. Simply put, if no
documentation exists and I am charged with examining _if_ an ldap server is
suitable at all for our purposes.
I spent several days trying to get a workable openldap on windows and then on
linux. For the latter, I finally succeeded in locating a blog that covered
installation and setup that was consistent with the distro and not
misinformation. At least now with that server, I can actually install custom
schema, setup a directory and setup acl and see that it works and evaluate
_some_ directory service for use in our products (not desktop). I am up and
running, finally, I have some grip on manipulating an ldap server and I have
one can I experiment on.
You got your feedback: openldap (!) is easier to install, configure and eval
than apacheDS + directory-studio is to install, configure and eval. openldap is
"better" in this sense.
> ACL/ACI documentation section missing, filled with TODOs.
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> Key: DIR-320
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIR-320
> Project: Directory
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: sitedocs
> Reporter: Julia Smith
> Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
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> I had to scrounge around on the web to find content for the authorization
> sections. Your current release's documentation's chapters are simply filled
> with "TODO" when it comes to defining grants/denials, which is a problem for
> people evaluating studio for use and might limit its adaptation.
> Here is the version of documentation that actually still presents content. It
> actually works with the current version of studio.
> https://directory.apache.org/apacheds/basic-ug/3.2-basic-authorization.html1
> You might consider incorporating it into the current release's documentation.
> Also there is little or no apparent online discussion of ACI with the
> exception of a PDF of what looks like a PPT presentation.
> http://people.apache.org/~ersiner/apachecon-us06/ac-us-06-FR20-ErsinEr-ApacheDS_Access_Control_Administration_The_X.500_Way.pdf
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