On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 12:29 -0500, Seth Dunn wrote: > I may have missed this somewhere in the discussion, but is there a way to > get Outlook the ability to add/modify/delete entries in OpenLDAP. I've got > it where it can read the entries and the ACLs are set to allow write access, > which works for the same account on a webadmin, but Outlook gives me a > message saying "You cannot create entries for this Address Book". Anyone > have any ideas about this?
I don't think it can. We know thunderbird can't (to any LDAP source). I don't think outlook can either, unless you are running exchange. You might have to create some kind of web interface to let your users populate the LDAP fields. Michael > > Thanks! > > On 11/29/05, Jordan Curzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thunderbird can't do any updates to LDAP. However phpldapadmin might > > work for your situation. > > > > On 11/28/05, Kimball Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 11:10 -0700, Kimball Larsen wrote: > > > >> Perhaps I'm missing something massive out there (LDAP, perhaps?) but > > > >> here goes: > > > >> > > > >> Our organization currently uses Exchange Server for the sole purpose > > > >> of sharing contacts in Outlook/Entourage on the desktop. > > > >> > > > >> Is there a free/os linux tool that can do the same thing Exchange > > > >> Server is doing for us now? Ie, just supply a way to let Outlook/ > > > >> Entourage see a shared list of contacts that everyone can update? > > > > > > > > LDAP certainly can give you a shared list of contacts that everyone > > > > can > > > > see and search from their e-mail clients (and LDAP-backed address > > > > book). > > > > In fact right now our department uses our department-wide LDAP server > > > > for this purpose, really a fringe benefit of using LDAP for > > > > authentication and authorization purposes (all users are in LDAP). > > > > > > > > The last part of your question is the kicker, though. I simply don't > > > > know about allowing end users to do the updates back into LDAP. In > > > > theory (and this depends on the mechanisms that the clients use to do > > > > updates), you could have each user set up to authenticate to the LDAP > > > > server as them selves (this is a standard option in outlook, > > > > thunderbird, etc. usually something about binddn), and then set up > > > > rules in the ACLs in LDAP to allow users to update certain fields in > > > > their own records. > > > > > > > > LDAP is a broad, nebulous thing. So in large part it is up to you to > > > > consider what kind of structure you want your data to have. That > > > > is the > > > > hard part. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I appreciate all the feedback and dialogue. As I am learning, no 2 > > > LDAP installs are the same (or, indeed simililar). We are not > > > looking for users to be able to alter anything with respect to user > > > data. This is to be nothing more than an address/telephone book. I > > > just need a good simple central spot to keep a list of a gazillion > > > contacts that are used and updated by several people in the company. > > > > > > I have finished my install of the OpenLDAP server, but ran out of > > > time (you know, the job gets in the way of playing sometimes) today > > > to get it configured and try to import any addresses. Hopefully I'll > > > be able to do that tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- Kimball > > > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
