[TriLUG] ldap - using ldap for personal address book

[Jon Carnes]

We recently started looking at this (from the perspective of a single login). 
 Here are some links I found helpful.  Openldap links: 

http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/quickstart.html 

http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=ldap 

OpenLDAP setup for PDC use (a quick howto): 
http://www.enic.fr/people/landru/lobster/openldap/OpenLDAP-authenticating-with-PAM.txt 

Here is an interesting look (9 months old) at the various Directory service 
managers: 
http://www.systemtoolbox.com/article.php?articles_id=26 

An intro to LDAP use - totally focused on Unix, but good on concepts: 
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/08/ldap.html 

 --- Original Message: Friday 10 May 2002 02:41 pm ---
> Has anybody setup ldap, and used it for email addresses in a local
> environment.
>
> I've downloaded openldap, and successfully started a server -- but it is
> unclear
> how to "easily" add new users, with info like email address, telephone
> number etc. without a lot of work using the command line interface.
>
> Are there any 'how-to' or 'gui' tools available for linux; to help ease
> the pain of adding entries into a "new" ldap server. I know most email
> clients have mechanisms to search ldap servers now (mutt,pine, etc.) so
> I'm trying to do this so I can have easy access to email address without
> having to use a webmail addressbook.
>
> Thanks.