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Re: Beginners question
Steph,
Let me explain with an example:
I add the group "testgroup" with the following LDIF file:
dn: cn=testgroup,ou=Groups,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
objectClass: top
objectClass: groupofuniquenames
cn: Backup operators
cn: backup
description: Backup operators
uniqueMember: uid=abc,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
uniqueMember: uid=def,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
uniqueMember: uid=ghi,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
I add it wih ldapmodify. No problem.
Now this group has the E-mail address testgroup@geodelft.nl in our
mail server (CommuniGatePro). So, when I send a message to this
address, the mail server distributes it to the members. I know that
this means that there is a double administration of groups, but we
will work on this later.
When I type the address in the To:-field of the mail client
(ThunderBird) it start searching for a match in my local Address Book
and the configured LDAP. So, what I want is that the group gets an
attribute in which I can store an e-mail address. For a Person there
already is such an attribute: "mail". For groups there is not.
In our current LDAP server (SunONE) the objectclass "mailgroup" is
present. This objectclass contains the attribute "mail". The LDIF
file used to create the testgroup on that LDAP server would be:
dn: cn=testgroup,ou=Groups,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
objectClass: top
objectClass: groupofuniquenames
objectClass: mailgroup
cn: Backup operators
cn: backup
description: Backup operators
uniqueMember: uid=abc,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
uniqueMember: uid=def,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
uniqueMember: uid=ghi,dc=geodelft,dc=nl
mail: testgroup@geodelft.nl
Unfortunately my knowledge of OpenLDAP is limited at this moment,
so I do not know if there is an objectclass for groups in OpenLDAP in
which I can store an e-mail address.
Op 28-feb-2007, om 1:18 heeft FRLinux het volgende geschreven:
On 2/27/07, Jan Mostert <J.Mostert@geodelft.nl> wrote:
I am currently setting up a OpenLDAP directory. This directory
contains users and groups. As you may expect, the LDAP will be
used by applications I will not mention here, otherwise it gets
bounced by the moderator. I want to add an E-mail address to a
group of UniqueMembers. How can this be done in OpenLDAP?
Hello,
I am not sure I understand your question right but my guess would be
mail aliases which OpenLDAP understands pretty well. We have a mail
server running with OpenLDAP, let me know if you still don't see how
to get around this.
Steph
PS = HTML email is evil, use the force, use plain text.
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