Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:31:45 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: LDAP How-To For A Newbie Message-ID: <000501c1b354$454be0f0$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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I have successfully configured my FBSD box as a mail server with IMAP (yayyy!) and it seems to be working fine. I like the fact that I can get and manage my mail from anywhere and it's always the same as I left it. I use various clients such as Outlook Express, Squirrelmail, and Mozilla, depending upon the device I am using to retrieve my mail. But I have found a limitation. Each client maintains it's own separate address book. The time has come for me to create on centralized address book. If I understand correctly, an LDAP server can be used for this. I have installed OpenLDAP 1.2.13 from the ports looked at the docs at www.openldap.org. I can't determine if my ldap server is working properly as the example says to issue the following command: ldapsearch -x -b '' -s base '(objectclass=*)' namingContexts but this command returns an error as there is no "-x" option. I've tried it without the "-x " and get an error stating "no such object". Can anyone tell me what the "-x" option was supposed to do and what an equivalent command would be? Once I have my server running the way it should, I would like to export one of my Outlook Address Books and add it to the LDAP server. Short of major string manipulation, is there any other way to do it? Any tips, tricks, pointers, RTFMs, etc. will be greatly appreciated 'cause I'm a little lost right now. Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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