LDAP tips

[Ben Dugdale <turtlendog rmusd net>]

>Does anyone know of a good way to setup a LDAP directory as in for 
>using it as a e-mail address book for users?

I recently fought (and won) that battle myself.  The tricks as I remember...

Edit /etc/openldap/slapd.conf as indicated in the documentation and use 
a clear test password for the manager account.

Your .ldif file needs to declare object classes before you get can get 
rolling. Refer to these helpfull pages.

http://www.direct-to-linux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP.html

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP-SLAPD-LDIF-V1-config.htmlt

Editing my .ldif file (exported from netscape) turned out to be a very 
edit-by-hand affair.

add your data from a file like so.

ldapadd -D "cn=manager,dc=localhost,dc=localdomain" -x -w your_password 
< file.ldap

I was not able to get the SASL/GSSAPI authentication working on my 
installation.  Perhaps because my computer does not have a fully 
qualified domain name?? If you figure it out please fill me in!  I was 
also not able to use an encryped password in the slapd.conf file (for 
access without the -x option)

Regards,
Ben Dugdale



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