>>> "A. P. Garcia" <[email protected]> schrieb am 30.01.2014 um 23:36 >>> in Nachricht <CAFCBnZv=-EXAQAeiCkSEaDwzBikDywXgoe230TVUEBPViS=8...@mail.gmail.com>:
Windows: Brains not needed. > OpenLDAP: "Brains not included." > On Jan 30, 2014 3:45 PM, "Borresen, John - 0442 - MITLL" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I didn't read the original mailing list...I too wanted to send to >> the board and not you individually. My apologies. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Borresen, John - 0442 - MITLL >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:16 PM >> To: 'Turbo Fredriksson'; Howard Chu >> Subject: RE: Have you seen this FUD - IT pros suffer OpenLDAP >> configuration headaches ? >> >> I have experience with OpenLDAP, 389-Directory-Server, OpenDJ, OpenDS, >> RedHat's Directory Studio. I am not an LDAP expert by any means (as can be >> seen by my help posts -- that was supposed to be funny). While I get >> aggravated by the difficulty in installing OpenLDAP, the miniscule >> documentation, and the differing, and often conflicting, documents found >> via a google search I always recommend OpenLDAP over the other products. >> The OpenLDAP Admin Guide, for a product that has been out for a very long >> time, as far as a how-to-guide, is lacking a lot and seems incomplete -- >> many areas are simply blank. The bouncing back and forth between the >> slapd.conf (old) and the slapd.d (new) methodologies is very aggravating >> and not helpful (to me). >> >> I understand that there is not just one way to install OpenLDAP...the >> options are pretty mind-boggling -- and can't all be put in an Admin Guide, >> the manual as more than a dictionary could be so much more. With this test >> environment I've been building over that 2 or 3 months, it's been broken >> down and restarted, from scratch, at least once a month. The original >> environment (the current production) took me about a year to get up and >> running. >> >> We use the Apache Directory Studio as a front-end GUI to view the dbase, >> mostly. Most modifications are via the CLI tools. >> >> Don't get me wrong, even for my "bashing" of OpenLDAP above, it is the >> first one that I would recommend. I look at the bright side...each time >> the slate has to be cleaned and restarted the more I learn. >> >> Dave Borresen >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Turbo Fredriksson >> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:53 AM >> To: Howard Chu >> Subject: Re: Have you seen this FUD - IT pros suffer OpenLDAP >> configuration headaches ? >> >> On Jan 30, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Howard Chu wrote: >> >> > I saw some of this on twitter before, ignored it since none of the >> parties involved have any clue what they're talking about. >> >> >> Personally, I think it's spot on. It IS hard to configure an LDAP server, >> and even harder to understand how it works (the object based part). Took me >> three months first time, and I'm not an idiot. >> >> Even today, I need to consult either my own book or the howto (or >> seriously skim through the man pages) to setup a new server. >> >> And even worse if when you want to optimize the backend... There's a lot >> of magic there.... >> >> And with the new config backend!? I haven't even had the time or energy to >> go that far yet! >> -- >> I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. >> - Douglas Adams >> >> >> >>
