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Re: OpenLDAP 1.0 and Solaris 2.5.1



On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Michael Thomas Cope wrote:

> This looks a lot like
> http://www.critical-angle.com/ldapworld/ldapfaq.html#4

Thanks - no wonder I missed it, it's for the original UMich stuff not
OpenLDAP.  ;-)  (Okay, okay, I know one is derived from the other but it's
still an innocent mistake - you never know what things have been completely 
fixed and what hasn't..)

> NDBM is severely limiting on Solaris and most other
> platforms and should not be used in servers. Alternatives include the
> Berkeley database package and GDBM.

Which begs the question - why support NDBM at all?  Isn't it just begging for
trouble, given that many machines don't have GDBM or Berkeley DB installed so
will try NDBM first (as I did) as a quick means of getting a test server up
and running?

> I've had success with Berkeley DB (www.sleepycat.com)

1.85, 1.86 or 2.x?  Thanks..


David J. N. Begley  <d.begley@nepean.uws.edu.au>
Network Analyst, Communications Unit
University of Western Sydney, Nepean
Australia