From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 19 03:07:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8D2106566B for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:07:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F988FC0C for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6F13A383A for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:32 +0700 (ICT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cs.ait.ac.th; h= references:subject:subject:in-reply-to:from:from:message-id:date :date:received:received:received; s=selector1; t=1255921652; x= 1257736052; bh=o5yQj/W6YNpqmufXyDhNKc4GlNGboLdkwUlukQ6qFfY=; b=B KrY4iAh0u8CHl/v1lZGInbdDjQxLugW0ZkH5C734biu0W2m+Txa3FotFMDFZTJb1 lHr6c5Kn5P5BwnqNlous/6Xos5IdX4HxGOYLLUuLFMg92scm6Uhd4bM7jvbDrJ1D w3OnplPxoPL8nsgSBCtgZZONQ2FGy0gduV/djvEfVY= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cs.ait.ac.th Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id a11kE2ZAGsl8 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:32 +0700 (ICT) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBA3F3A3836 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:31 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9J37VtJ045747; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:31 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:31 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200910190307.n9J37VtJ045747@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from carmel_ny on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:18:51 -0400) References: <200910181357.n9IDvqBs009602@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Subject: Re: Accessing LDAP via web X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:07:34 -0000 Hi Carmen, > I have email clients on my laptops that can access the LDAP server when > connected via my LAN. When traveling that is not readily possible (is > it)? Therefore, how can I accomplish this or is it not possible? > > Remember, I am not attempting to administer the LDAP server, but rather > access its stored data. It would need more information then, for me to be able to answer. Usual thing LDAP is used in conjunction with email is for authentication: when you want to read or send email, you have to authenticate and this is done against the LDAP server. But this authentication is never done by your email client, rather by your POP, IMAP and SMTP servers, so it should really not matter your are traveling or not. I don't know any usage when the email client needs to access the LDAP server directly (keeping some address book on LDAP?) In that case it is a problem of making the LDAP server accessible for traveling users, opening the firewall and so on. Best regards, Olivier