It may only work in the development branch? Jeff
On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 03:40, Srikanth Madugundi wrote: > It doesn't work for me. I did the following > $ Killev > > open ~/evolution/config.xmldb > > add the following lines under <bonobo-config> suffix > <section path="/Addressbook/Completion"> > <entry name="uri" type="string" > value="ldap://localhost:389/ou=people,o=abc.com??sub"/> > </section> > > When I open evolution the above entries in config.xmldb are removed. > > TIA > -srikanth > On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 21:34, Paul Hands wrote: > Hi, > > It was broken in a couple of versions, but I now use 1.05. > It now works fine for me from our company LDAP server. > > I simply added the line > > <entry name="uri" type="string" > value="ldap://ldap.cadence.com:389/ou=people,o=cadence.com??one"/> > > to the config.xmldb file as advised in the knowledge base. > The trick is knowing what the search base (in this > case"ou=people,o=cadence.com") and search scope ("one") are - they are > company specific, so you need to ask whoever set up your LDAP server. > > The way I did it was to set up the LDAP server in other conatcts in the > GUI. Once that was working, I copied the settings to the config.xmldb > file as above. > > If you really get desperate, you can use Ldapsearch to download a > complete LDIF of your LDAP server data and import it into local > contacts. Of course, to do that, you need the parameters as before..... > > HTH, > > Paul > > Just in case,here's the text from the knowledge base........ > > How do I make Evolution search my LDAP directory for addresses? > Question My company has an LDAP server which we use to track people's > contact information. I've set up Evolution so it has access to the > directory, but when I'm writing an email, it never performs address > searches on the LDAP directory. How do I configure this? Answer It > is possible to change the search path for address lookups in the > composer, but it isn't supported by Ximian at at this time. In fact, > there isn't a GUI yet, and this solution could change in future versions > of Evolution. Follow these instructions: > > * Exit Evolution and run the following command: > > $ killev > > * Add the following line to your ~/evolution/config.xmldb: > > <section path="/Addressbook/Completion"> > <entry name="uri" type="string" > value="ldap://localhost:389/dc=toshok,dc=org??one"/> > </section> > > NOTE: Change the URL to match the addressbook URL you want to use. With > LDAP URLs it has to be formatted using the correct syntax for your > system. > > > On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 13:29, Jean-Eric Cuendet wrote: > > The only thing that is really SURE now: > > > > - Nobody knows how to do that... > > > > Anyone that have AUTOCOMPLETION *working*? > > > > Thanks to share experiences. > > -jec > > > > PS: Autocompletion means: You have a friend called [EMAIL PROTECTED] , > > type "mik" in the address field and the rest "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is auto > > completed so you DON'T HAVE TO TYPE IT! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Srikanth Madugundi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member of Technical Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sun Microsystems Hello: 2298989 Extn: 87497 > Bangalore, INDIA > -------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
