Hi,

eric.bachard wrote:
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Is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) used in OpenOffice?


Yes (optionally).

I think it's possible, using ldap sources (includes+libs are necessary) and --enable-ldap while configure.


It should be used by default. It picks up headers and libraries from mozilla. There is an --enable-openldap option that switches this to use a system-installed openldap instead.

There is another, more indirect use of ldap in the (mozilla) address book component.

If so, for what purpose?


Use ldap directly from OpenOffice.org I presume ... :-)


The direct use is to populate the settings in Tools-Options-User Data from the user data in the configured directory. The LDAP directory to use needs to be configured manually for this to work (the install contains file share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Ldap.xcu.sample; a copy of this file, edited to point to the correct server, needs to be placed into the same location as Ldap.xcu or installed using 'unopkg add --shared').

In the address book database driver it is possible to select an LDAP directory as data source for address data (e.g. for mail merges).

HTH, Jörg



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