Thanks. My comment inline. On Nov 14, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> --On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:55 PM -0500 Jignesh Patel > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So if I update to 2.4.33? Do I still need to get LTB package or new >> version has a last bind overlay? >> >> >> And just for curiosity, what significant benefit we will get by this >> upgrade? > > a) You are confusing "new version options" with "compile choices". RedHat, > by choice, does not compile or ship the lastbind module in the "contrib" > section of the OpenLDAP source. The LTB project does compile and include > that contrib code. > > b) I think it is important you understand software versioning. For example, > 2.4.33 means Major version 2, Minor version 4, patch level 33. I.e., 2.4.23 > vs 2.4.33 is just a later release of the 2.4 series of OpenLDAP software, > with significant bug fixes. A full list of fixes made to OpenLDAP between > versions can always be found at > <http://www.openldap.org/software/release/changes.html>. > > c) I would note that RedHat's 2.4.23 build is nearly 2.5 years old. It is > lacking many critical and significant fixes, as you can see from the above > change log. > > d) I would note that RedHat's 2.4 build is linked to NSS, which is fairly > problematic. See > <http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-devel/201204/msg00019.html> and > <http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/?findid=7367>. I do not know if the > LTB project makes this same mistake or not. > > e) If you feel you require having actual support, I would advise you have a > support contract with Symas (http://www.symas.com), and use their builds of > OpenLDAP. > Please give me rough idea for pricing for support? And does that mean we have > to download a version for Symas? Shouldn't there be open sourced version for > Redhat from openLDAP community? > f) In relation to your question about back-bdb and back-hdb. With OpenLDAP > 2.4.33 (and later) you may wish to consider back-mdb, a new database backend > written by Howard Chu, chief architect of the OpenLDAP project and CTO of > Symas. More information on back-mdb can be found at > <http://www.symas.com/mdb/> > Is MDB database part of openLDAP package or required separate installation. > Hope that helps! > > --Quanah > > > > -- > > Quanah Gibson-Mount > Sr. Member of Technical Staff > Zimbra, Inc > A Division of VMware, Inc. > -------------------- > Zimbra :: the leader in open source messaging and collaboration
