Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Qube 3 and LDAP

[Götz Lohmann <goetz.lohmann@xxxxxx>]

> Hi Jeff,
> 
> > I have been trying to get LDAP to work.  So far no matter how I try I
> gete
> > denied trying to query it from a client (ie: outlook, netscape)  Anyone
> have
> > any ideas of something that I have missed.
> 
> If it makes you feel better ... you are not alone.  I can't get it to work
> for either MacOS or Windows, OE or Communicator.
> 
> I sure would like it to work.
> 
> Cheers,  Malcolm
> 

I dont realy know where you got your problem ... so lets start from the hole
beginnig:

ok ... hacked some hours on my RaQ4 to find out what's to be done
1.) ... if you start ldap ... you first have to creat your entirely
database:
checkout the /etc/openldap/slapd.conf file
<-- snip -->
# the suffix show wich querys could be handeld
suffix "o=firmname, c=US"
# the admin below the specified suffix who can handle all work
rootdn "uid=admin, o=firmname, c=US"
<-- snip -->

try to set the suffix smaller, maybe the point why you cant get anything 

make a ldif file "my.ldif" conatining the structure of the main database
like:

<-- snip -->
dn: o=firmname, c=US
objectClass:top
objectClass:organization
description:My-Firm
o:firmname
l:City
st:State
dc: firmname.us
<-- snip -->

import it with ldapadd
restart ldap

2.) checkout the /etc/openldap/lapd.conf file ... is the HOST and PORT
correct ?

maybe just thinking how to help ... im still a newbe in ldap and the
handling of the
uid and the userPassword may be sometimes curios ...
also the handling of the search querys is still a bit strange :-)

maybe take a look at:
http://www.grennan.com/ldap-HOWTO.html

regards Götz Lohmann

PS: I experience to get LDAP work with PHP on a RaQ4

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