LDAP addressbook set up, now need to use it

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Thu Jul 27 11:02:58 UTC 2006


Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
> 
> I've configured an LDAP addressbook using the openldap-servers rpm and the 
> tutorial at 
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html
> 
> The server's configured and appears to be working, however I can't seem to use 
> it.
> 
> If I do a ldapsearch I see the two contacts I've added to the server.
> I have configured the Kaddressbook to use the LDAP directory and it shows both 
> contacts and their details.
> 
> However, in kmail composer when I click on Select the contacts are not there, 
> even when I choose the LDAP directory as the addressbook to use.
> 
> When I try to use Outlook 2003 or Outlook Express I have the same problem in 
> that I don't see any contacts.
> 
> Could anyone point me to any possible reasons for this, or how to fix it?

slapd sends query details to syslog; add the following to 
/etc/syslog.conf to have ldap logs written to /var/log/ldaplogs:

# slapd logs to local4
local4.*      /var/log/ldaplogs

You'll be able to see what the clients are doing in the logs, which 
should help with debugging.

Paul.




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