On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:42 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > > > When I go to KAddressBook=>Settings=>Configure KAddressBook > > and click on LDAP Lookup=>Add Host, > > I give my DN as "dc=www,dc=xyz,dc=com". > > I found in the end that what was wanted here > was the first part of the DN, in my case "DN: Address Book". > After giving that, I was able to access my LDAP address book > from KMail. > > I do feel that the KAddressBook and KMail documentation - > in particular the Handbooks - are badly written. > If there had been a single example given in this case > it would have been obvious what the program was looking for. > One example is worth a thousand words. ---- the issue with kaddressbook is the same issue with all ldap clients...once you understand how ldap works, setting up a client like kaddressbook is no big deal. Basically, everything is a client to LDAP whether it's postfix/sendmail/cyrus/kaddressbook/evolution/etc. There really is no functional difference because they all use LDAP protocol to access and get what they need. What you are calling a lack of documentation suggests that you expect all the various LDAP client programs to tell you how LDAP works. ---- > This is all with Security: No . > To complete my homework, I'm trying to make sense of openldap + TLS. > But in the meantime I can live without that. > Hopefully Gerald Carter when he arrives will throw some light on this. ---- it does - sorta. The way I do it is: 1 - set up my own CA 2 - generate and sign various client certs for applications 3 - assign the client certs to each various application (like slapd.conf) ---- > But thanks to all for their help. > I must write out what I have learned, although I found > "setting up an LDAP-server for use with kaddressbook" > at <http://www.hoernerfranzracing.de/kde/ldap.html> very useful. ---- good - you'll like the book too. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
