Re: LDAP-APIs

["Mark Wilcox" <mark@mjwilcox.com>]

Well
Exactly which Perl and Java LDAP APIs (there are at least 2 of each)?

The easiest Perl LDAP API to get up and running is Net::LDAP. Simply get it
from CPAN (perl.com/CPAN), untar/unzip and type:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

This API requires a couple of other modules (check the README) but they are
equally as easy to install and they are useful for other programs besides
LDAP.

The Netscape Directory SDK for Java (available from
http://www.mozilla.org/directory/) is almost as easy to install.
Download it, untar/unzip and make sure that all of the jar files that come
with the SDK are in your CLASSPATH.


Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Kiesow <Stefan.Kiesow@nwn.de>
To: OpenLDAP <openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 11:29 AM
Subject: LDAP-APIs


>Hello,
>
>I installed the OpenLDAP-Server and everything seems to work fine.
>I addes entries via an LDIF-File and I read out the entries by using the
>ldapsearch.
>
>But here now my problem:
>
>I have to write some CGI-Scripts for HTML-based front-ends.
>I wondered which api would be the best and I decided to use the JAVA-api
>and / or the Perl-api.
>
>I tried to install both of them, but without success.
>
>What do I have to do to install the PERL-LDAP, the C-LDAP and the
>JAVA-LDAP api's?
>
>I tried so many differnt things, but nothing seems to work.
>
>- Where do I have to get which ressources for the differnt api's?
>- What steps do I have to take to install the api's?
>- Has anybody expereinces in using one or more of these mentioned api's?
>
>Last question: I need an LDAP-Browser which is free (because I need it
>for my Diplom-Work at the University).
>Does anybody know a simple, good and easy-to-install browser fpr
>LDAP-Directories?
>
>Stefan
>
>