On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 12:39 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:19 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:49 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 20:45 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > It's not unreasonable to ask for an example. The average user has zero > > > > interest in finding out how LDAP works, and a lot of interest in getting > > > > his contacts working. > > > ---- > > > Yes - it actually is unreasonable since there is no standard way of > > > setting up LDAP address books. > > > > > > Since we seem to keep having this discussion...let me restate so we are > > > clear. > > > > > > There simply is no standard for LDAP address books. > > > > > > There simply is no standard way to set anything up in LDAP...it's an > > > erector set. > > > > I understand that perfectly well. However the question was not "how do I > > set up a general-purpose address book" but "how do I set up an > > address-book that Kmail will accept" and my suggestion of an example was > > also specific to Kmail. Clearly the OP solved the problem by setting up > > his address book in a certain way. Why can't what way be documented as > > an example in the Kmail documentation (*not* the LDAP documentation)? > ---- > What is the difference between a 'general-purpose address book' and a > 'specific-purpose Kmail address book' that uses an LDAP backend? > > I would submit that there is no difference but that they are one and the > same. The OP's system didn't work with one configuration, and now does work with a different configuration (apparently the trick is to have a field "DN: Address Book" as part of the record). What is the problem with simply stating this in the Kmail docs? Maybe the field has to be there for every other address-book application out there, maybe not, but the fact that it's a general recommendation doesn't take away from it also being a specific recommendation. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
