[Request] HOWTO build LDAP server for shared address book.
Hello, I have never worked with LDAP but I would like to install an LDAP server on my server and share my address book on it between all the programs I used daily, I searched a lot on google but I couldn't find anything except the one on ubuntu[1] which I'm not sure it'll work... Could someone please help me building this address book, I really need it but I have no idea how to do it on my own... Thank you... [1]: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1582401 -- Wael Nasreddine http://wael.nasreddine.com PGP: 1024D/C8DD18A2 06F6 1622 4BC8 4CEB D724 DE12 5565 3945 C8DD 18A2 .: An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs, would never make a good program. (L. Torvalds 1995) :. pgpyVbqoYxusW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Request] HOWTO build LDAP server for shared address book.
Wael Nasreddine wrote: Hello, I have never worked with LDAP but I would like to install an LDAP server on my server and share my address book on it between all the programs I used daily, I searched a lot on google but I couldn't find anything except the one on ubuntu[1] which I'm not sure it'll work... Could someone please help me building this address book, I really need it but I have no idea how to do it on my own... LDAP, despite the Lightweight part, is not that easy to understand first time, it took me quite some time before I finally got hand of it. There is a book from O'Reily on the topic. One thing I found for an address book, is that you should make sure all contacts have: objectClass: person objectClass: extensibleObject The first sets some minimum for the entries, they must be persons. The second means that you can add anything you like. Otherwise you will be restricted in your choice of attributes depending on how object classes nest. In my case, I have friends on three continents, and I like to have their address with country specified. I can't do that when the extensibleObject is missing, because person or inetOrgPerson assumes a hierarchy with country on the top, and that just doesn't make sense in my case: Then I have to search differently according to country. I need all on the same branch. extensibleObject solves that, now I can add the country attribute for each, as well as preferred language etc... Cheers, Erik -- Erik Nørgaard Ph: +34.666334818 http://www.locolomo.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Request] HOWTO build LDAP server for shared address book.
,--[ On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:57:16AM +0100, Wael Nasreddine wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I have never worked with LDAP but I would like to install an LDAP
| server on my server and share my address book on it between all the
| programs I used daily, I searched a lot on google but I couldn't find
| anything except the one on ubuntu[1] which I'm not sure it'll work...
LDAP is a real cool protocol offering a hierarchial directory like
facility. You can store anything in that directory, from user accounts,
to your GPG keys to address book to email aliases, anything for which
you're able to write a schema. You'll enjoy working with it :)
| Could someone please help me building this address book, I really need
| it but I have no idea how to do it on my own...
Install OpenLDAP server (openldap23-{server,client} or
openldap24-{server,client})
from FreeBSD ports. And follow administrator's guide[1] to setup your
LDAP server. The Building an OpenLDAP address book article [2] at
ONLamp will guide you with setting up address book with OpenLDAP.
And you'll also like to try out phpldapadmin for managing LDAP directory
over web :) .
References:
[1] - http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/
[2] - http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html
HTH
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Re: [Request] HOWTO build LDAP server for shared address book.
This One Time, at Band Camp, ??? Ashish Shukla [EMAIL
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,--[ On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:57:16AM +0100, Wael Nasreddine wrote:
| Hello,
| I have never worked with LDAP but I would like to install an LDAP
| server on my server and share my address book on it between all the
| programs I used daily, I searched a lot on google but I couldn't find
| anything except the one on ubuntu[1] which I'm not sure it'll work...
LDAP is a real cool protocol offering a hierarchial directory like
facility. You can store anything in that directory, from user accounts,
to your GPG keys to address book to email aliases, anything for which
you're able to write a schema. You'll enjoy working with it :)
| Could someone please help me building this address book, I really need
| it but I have no idea how to do it on my own...
Install OpenLDAP server (openldap23-{server,client} or
openldap24-{server,client})
from FreeBSD ports. And follow administrator's guide[1] to setup your
LDAP server. The Building an OpenLDAP address book article [2] at
ONLamp will guide you with setting up address book with OpenLDAP.
And you'll also like to try out phpldapadmin for managing LDAP directory
over web :) .
References:
[1] - http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/
[2] - http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html
Thank you for your reply, I have already installed openldap23-server
and client, I still have to configure it and create the address book.
could you please take a look at the this guide[1] before I start
walking throught it, it seems kinda complete for an Addressbook
installation.
Also Do you by any chance use mutt with LDAP, if yes how did you do
that?
[1]: http://www.sudleyplace.com/LDAP/index.en.html
HTH
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http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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