Re: Had enough of this

[Adam Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>]

I just want to say I think the current Admin manual and content of the
FAQ-O-Matic is excellent stuff; I find it clear and concise.

I think the best this alot of people could do (it is what I did first)
is read a 'generic' LDAP text like "Understanding and Deploying LDAP
Directory Services" so they have a clear idea what is trying to be
accomplished.

> If all the effort that was put into the dozens of "unofficial" OpenLDAP howtos 
> on the net had been co-ordinated, in a TWiki (http://www.twiki.org) or in the 
> fashion that you yourself proposed, the OpenLDAP documentation would probably 
> be superb.  Recent efforts in the FAQ-O-Matic are *much* appreciated (thank you 
> guys!) but a FAQ doesn't help with "seldomly asked questions".

So call it a FASAQ (Frequently And Seldom Asked Questions). :)  There
are lots of seldom asked questions in there already, IMHO.

> The fact that the nss_ldap and pam_ldap documentation is light-years worse than 
> the OpenLDAP doco doesn't help either.  Most people need all three to work...

Well, as someone who writes LDAP documentation (both public and not), I
can tell you this is really a sticking point.  No one has "just" LDAP -
you're always using LDAP + Something/Manything else;  and lack of
understanding of those something/manything gets cast back on OpenLDAP.

The FAQ-O-Matic does contain "Note that answers to specific questions
about LDAP-enablement of a particular application can often be found in
FAQs (and other documentation) associated with the application. If you
cannot find an answer to a question specific to a particular
application, you should make use of mailing lists (and their archives)
supporting the particular application."  Maybe it should be bold and
blinking....