Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-17 Thread O Plameras
Howard Lowndes wrote: snipped My concern, and my reason for originally seeking the hierarchical approach was to limit the level of management access inside the directory, eg. I don't want someone who has write access to domain A being allowed to have read access to domain B, or even knowing

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-16 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Howard Lowndes Now, let us consider setting up my database more like the examples. The questions here are: 1: Can I have more than 1 database bdb entry, say 1 for each of several disparate domains? 2. If I can have more than 1 database bdb entry, can they all co-exist in

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-16 Thread Howard Lowndes
Flat earth here :) Tks Jeff, that is probably one of the most insightful responses I have seen in a long while, and really does clear some things up for me. I was interested in your comments about bdb -v- ldbm and would be interested in an expansion on that if you feel inclined; I have

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-16 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Howard Lowndes I was interested in your comments about bdb -v- ldbm and would be interested in an expansion on that if you feel inclined; I have little knowledge of the workings or vagaries of the Unix dbs. The BDB backend uses the very latest in highly scalable and pull your hair

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-14 Thread Matt Hope
On 7/14/05, Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to get somewhere with setting up an LDAP database. So your root is 'o=myhosting' If you want to create 'dc=example,dc=com,o=myhosting' I believe you'll need to create 'dc=com,o=myhosting' first. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-14 Thread O Plameras
Howard Lowndes wrote: I'm trying to get somewhere with setting up an LDAP database. The problem I am encountering is that all the examples that I can find assume the the top level has a dn: of the form dc=example,dc=com such that slapd.conf looks like: ... database bdb suffix

Re: [SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-14 Thread Angus Lees
At Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:28:56 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: I'm trying to get somewhere with setting up an LDAP database. The problem I am encountering is that all the examples that I can find assume the the top level has a dn: of the form dc=example,dc=com My problem is that I want a different

[SLUG] LDAP config help sought (long post)

2005-07-13 Thread Howard Lowndes
I'm trying to get somewhere with setting up an LDAP database. The problem I am encountering is that all the examples that I can find assume the the top level has a dn: of the form dc=example,dc=com such that slapd.conf looks like: ... database bdb suffix cd=example,dc=com rootdn