MS* <-> OpenLDAP (was: LDAP Server Duplication?)

[Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@nocrew.org>]

Quoting kunkee@neosoft.com (Randy Kunkee):

> > Newbie Question:
> > 
> > Is there a standard way to take all of the information from one server,
> > and 
> > duplicate it onto another server? I want to take all of the data in our
> > MS Exchange service and put it into a new OpenLDAP server. I have been
> > unable to find a standard way to do this. Are there tools around for
> > this?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Stu
> > 
> 
> If you know the rootdn of the server you want to copy, you might be able
> to dump the database to ldif format using 'ldapsearch -L "objectclass=*"'
> from openldap.  Then it's a simple matter of an ldif2ldbm.

This sounds intressting! My boss have 'threatened' to have MS Exchange
running on our W2K machine, which I don't have anything to do with, but
we seem to need it for those customers that MUST run ASP scripts etc. I
don't argue that point, he don't argue my point about it's 'suckiness' :)

Anyway. Having all the 'MS Exchange services' (whatever those are exactly,
I never used it :) seems to be a Good Thing (tm).

If I put my data in an OpenLDAP instead, how do I access it from the
programs that are designed to use a MS Exchange server?

Is there any FAQ/HOWTO about this? Any pointers?



Just talked to a colleague which seems to know a little more about
MS Exchange. It seems to me that the calendar function thingie is what
would be nice to have in an OpenLDAP, easily accessible from all the
MS* software that our clients etc uses...