Re[2]: email clients accessing openldap

[Alex <mailinglists1@gmx.de>]

Hi,

  

>> I followed the connection log from slapd and found out, that the
>> addressbook never even asks for private information... I need the
>> ldap addressbook to be compatible with outlook and mozilla. I know
>> about mozilla's xmozillaXXXX but I'm afraid xmozilla attributes are
>> incompatible with outlook or any other ldap client requesting
>> information.

> mozilla's LDAP support is crap.  You have two options -

> 1.) Mozilla is open source, you can hack it to use something resembling
> a mainstream schema.
> 2.) You can use rewrite rules to present attributes as different names; 
> you'll just have to figure out a way to determine what set of attribute
> names the client wants.  Perhaps a "virtual" ou for Mozilla clients, and
> another for Outlook,  rewritten from a real ou that actually contains
> the data.  Look at the rewrite stuff in the documentation and FAQ.

where exactly do I find that information? the administrators guide is
written as if it was only for people who use it for 223432432 years
already.

>> 
>> slapd[634]: conn=7 op=1 SRCH attr=display-name cn commonName mail otherMailbox givenName sn surname st c co organizationName o ou organizationalUnitName URL homePhone facsimileTelephoneNumber
>> otherFacsimileTelephoneNumber OfficeFax mobile otherPager OfficePager pager info title telephoneNumber l homePostalAddress postalAddress streetAddress street department comment postalCode
>> physicalDeliveryOfficeName initials conferenceInformation userCertificate;binary userSMIMECertificate;binary labeledURI Manager Reports IPPhone

> These are attributes from the officeperson schema, do you have that
> loaded?

no, I have these loaded only:
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/mozillaOrgPerson_V0.6.schema


BUT: the question is:
do the clients ask for attributes which are contained in the
objectclasses only or do they request a specific set of attributes
(like the above) if so, then the client doesn't care about private
information like homeCity or homeLocality. it wouldn't make much sense.


cheers,
 Alex                          mailto:mailinglists1@gmx.de