Re: Using OpenLDAP instead of Netscape Directory server

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Is the Netscape Calendar part of the Browser or is it a free dowload
or is it a something you must purchase?

> Raj Mathur wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Has anyone tried using OpenLDAP as a replacement for netscape
> > directory server, so that other netscape applications (messaging,
> > news, calendar, etc) are able to fetch and update data from/into
> > openldap?  What would be the schema in case someone wants to do this?
> 
> We've been using openldap with Netscape Calendar for about a year now. 
> Primarily, I followed the instructions at:
> http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?_highlightWords=calendar&file=194
> 
> The biggest problem I had was with passwords.  During installation,
> Netscape Calendar binds to the directory server with the administrator
> password.  As I recall think it expected the administrator password to
> be the same as the rootpw in the slapd.conf.  To be safe, I just set all
> my Netscape Calendar administrator and openldap administrator passwords
> to be the same.  There may have been a better way to do it, but it's
> worked so far.
> 
> > On a related note, has anyone managed to make Netscape Directory and
> > OpenLDAP replicate with each other?
> 
> I was able to get this to work sometimes, but it was much more trouble
> than it was worth, particularly since I didn't need Netscape Directory
> Server for our calendar any more.
> 
> --
> Dave Brodin
> Lead Systems Engineer
> Information and Technology Services
> City of Bloomington
> 



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