Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:17:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Remy NONNENMACHER <remy@synx.com> To: stephane@lituus.fr Cc: pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving ahead with LDAP Message-ID: <199808131117.MAA03256@bsd.synx.com> In-Reply-To: <199808122101.XAA00420@sequoia.lituus.fr>
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On 12 Aug, Stephane Legrand wrote: > Peter van Heusden writes: > > After a frustrating meeting with a local PHB, I've decided to try and put > > some more structured involvement into making FreeBSD easily manageable via > > a browser-like UI (as discussed on freebsd-hackers 2 months ago under the > > subject 'Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD'). As discussed then, LDAP > > might be a good tool to store configuration info in. > > > > The existing port of the UMich LDAP server, is, however sadly inadaquate. > > I have applied all patches I know of (Terry Lambert's collection from > > Critical Angle and elsewhere, as well as the patches forthcoming from > > freebsd-hackers), and created an updated port including the patches > > (and notified past (and possible future) port maintainers) but that still > > leaves UMich LDAP at LDAP v.2. > > > > Thus, I am interested in knowing who might want to work on moving ahead > > with better LDAP support on FreeBSD, with the intention of putting > > together and implementing a plan to get working LDAP v.3. > > > > So, who is interested? > > > > Just my 2 eurocents but does a software like "cfengine" > (/usr/ports/sysutils/cfengine) could be more adapted than something > like LDAP ? > > I quote the "cfengine" doc : > > "Cfengine is a tool for setting up and maintaining BSD and > System-5-like operating system optionnally attached to a TCP/IP > network". > Tried a look on it ? quiet tricky !! (and lacking a GUI, as i remember). Comparatively, LDAP is clear and simple !!. (and the web500gw (http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fri/web500gw) can be an HTTP converter entry point). RN. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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