Re: openldap-2.0.11

[Jan-Michael Ong <jmong@adobe.com>]

Hello,

I thought I might just offer my two cents in --- since I know the feeling 
of just getting started with LDAP and it can be overwhelming.. ^_^

Based on what you're asking, it looks like you're ready to build the LDAP 
tree. Remember that LDAP is an upside down tree (similar to a B-Tree) with 
the root node being your organization's suffix. So if you'e company is 
CopperNet Solutions you may consider your suffix to be o=CopperNet 
Solutions  and from there build your sub-branches and nodes so it might 
look like the following (I'm not sure if this will show up correctly on 
your e-mail but you may consider copying the tree below and pasting it in 
MS Word and then changing the font to Courier New to make it fixed width)

                O o=CopperNet Solutions
                /\
                 O   O
                  /\     /\
and so on

the second level (or sub-branches as I call them) will be more specific to 
your organization. For example you have an IT and Marketing department then 
the first circle will be ou=IT and the other is ou=Marketing and so on and 
so forth until you build something like

uid=lufomat@coppernet.zm,ou=IT,o=CopperNet Solutions

So to build this in LDAP, you create an LDIF file like the following:

# This creates the root
dn: o=CopperNet Solutions
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
o: CopperNet Solutions

# this creates the left sub-branch
dn: ou=IT, o=CopperNet Solutions
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalunit
ou: IT

# this creates the right sub-branch
dn: ou=Marketing, o=CopperNet Solutions
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalunit
ou: Marketing

and so on..

Your best bet is to read the full admin guide in Openldap and also an 
excellent URL to consult is: 
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP.html

Good luck

jm


At 11:37 AM 11/14/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been asked to implement LDAP for searching people.
> I have just installed openldap-2.0.11 on linux 7.1 and done the
> configuration
> as explained in the Quick-Start Guide, but i have got to the point where it
> says "You are now ready to add more entries using ldapadd". Iam
> stuck because am new and i have not used LDAP i do not know what to
> add next.
> As anybody got LDAP working for the same purpose who can direct me
> on what to do next, or avail me the configuration files required to have
> it work.
> I will appreciate your quick response.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ted
> -------------------
> Ted Lufoma                        e-mail: lufomat@coppernet.zm
> CopperNET Solutions       URL: www.coppernet.zm
> P. O. Box 22149                Tel : 260-2-245087   Fax: 260-2-245734
> Kitwe - ZAMBIA.