[plug] setting up LDAP for the first time

[Evert van Dijk]

Thanks Arie, 

I will definitely look at those resources, I downloaded and printed one of the tutorials from IBM but it was not from their redbooks site. 

Enjoy and thanks for the quick reply

Evert


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arie Hol" <arie99 at ozemail.com.au>
To: plug at plug.org.au
Sent: Sunday, 15 March, 2009 7:56:22 PM GMT +08:00 Perth
Subject: Re: [plug] setting up LDAP for the first time



On 15 Mar 2009 at 18:34, Evert van Dijk wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions for a tutorial or a how to for setting up LDAP or Openldap for the first time. 
> I have managed to install Openldap using webmin, but it does not allow for creating OU (Organisational Units) unless I am using it wrong. I have the Tree (root) and I have been able to remotely connect with a LDAP browser but I have not created users or resources yet. 
> 
> I will be using it to authenticate Samba and mail users (either Zimbra or Open-exchange or some other groupware). and to have security groups for authenticating access to folders and printers. 
> Using CentOS 5.2 
> 
> I am currently in the test/evaluation stage and using virtual machines (Xen) so I don't mind blowing the whole thing away and starting from scratch if required. 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance 
> 

have a look at :

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG244986.html?Open

AND:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/l-dw-linux-ldapsamba-i.html

You will need to register, but it may well be worthwhile............

If the above do not provide what you are looking for, drop the following 
URL into your browser, and browse through the results (over 9,00 hits)

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchType=1&se
archSite=dW&searchScope=dW&query=ldap&Search.x=39&Search.y=8&Search=Search

HTH

Regards Arie
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