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Date:      Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:23:46 -0500
From:      Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   openldap setup question
Message-ID:  <20051222232346.GA48463@keyslapper.net>

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I know this is OT, but I'm trying to set up an LDAP server
(openldap-2.2.29 client and server from ports) for user address books.

I'm not interested in setting up LDAP authentication for the whole
system.  I'd prefer the ldap server use the regular login passwords,
like the imap server does - the interface to change these is just
easier to deal with for me.

At this point, I have the server set up, and I've installed the java
based ldapbrowser package (from ports, of course) and it seems to be
able to add users.  Unfortunately, the users added don't seem to be
able to add or modify their own address books, and I have to have
their password to add them - which I don't like.

I don't want a network wide address book, like a company would use, I
want my 3 users to be able to import their address books and have them
available to themselves only - no anonymous connection, no access to
any users book by other users.

Ideally, I'd like to see bookmarks saved this way too, but I don't
think most browsers can read them over LDAP.  Oh well.

So, can anyone tell me if this is a realistic application of the LDAP
tools?  If so, any pointers to the docs that actually describe these
two features/uses?  There are dozens of howtos and quick start guides
out there, but I have yet to find one that addresses PAM
authentication and user writeable address books.

I know LDAP is a good tool for authentication, but I like having a
single access route - namely the system login.  This makes it much
easier to be sure all users can change *all* their passwords in one
go.  Having separate login dbs for samba, sasl, shell, and ldap would
make that quite a pain.

TIA
Lou
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