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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:39:27 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 9:31:03 am | by DanielLawson | Revert |
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-!!Installing LDAP
+!! Installing LDAP
My project for the day was to get a [LDAP] address book running, so I can get rid of pieces of paper with phone numbers. Eventually I'd like to be able to sync my cellphone against it (easy, cos the software for the phone can take a CSV and I'm sure I could write a connector if I wanted), and I want to be able to read it from MicrosoftOutlook/OutlookExpress and XimianEvolution, and write to it with at least Evolution (pref. everything, but you can't always get what you want.)
-These notes may be slightly [Debian] specific, YMMV, etc.
+These notes may be slightly [Debian] specific, [
YMMV]
, etc.
-!1. Install slapd
+There is also an article about [Building an Address Book with OpenLDAP | http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/03/27/ldap_ab.html] on [ONLamp | http://www.onlamp.com/].
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! 1. Install slapd
[[root@jane]: ~# apt-get install slapd ldap-utils
The following extra packages will be installed:
libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common libiodbc2
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Why does my server need [GTK], you say? Well, on Debian [Woody], OpenLDAP requires [ODBC], ODBC requires ODBC-setup and ODBC-setup requires libgtk. Or something similar. (Fixed in testing - see [LDAPNotes].)
When you install the server, use your hostname for the LDAP root DN - my hostname is ellusions.tla so my DN becomes dc=ellusions,dc=tla.
-!2. Get your existing contacts
+! 2. Get your existing contacts
By far the easiest way I found to get contacts out of Outlook and into LDIF was using MozillaMail as an intermediate step. Export whatever fields you need to a [CSV], fire up Mozilla and it's address book, import the file, line up the fields (be careful here!) and then you have all your data in Mozilla's address book. From the Tools menu, click Export, to LDIF - done.
I also found a [Perl script that converts CSV to LDIF|http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/muo/connect/cldap4.html] but then you'll have to manually align the fields.
-!3. Create an OU ([OrganisationalUnit]) for your contacts
+! 3. Create an OU ([OrganisationalUnit]) for your contacts
Create a file called 'ou.ldif' that contains something like this (edit for your DN)
dn: ou=Contacts, dc=ellusions, dc=tla
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adding new entry "ou=Contacts, dc=ellusions, dc=tla"
Done!
-!4. Modify the output from the export to fit your DN
+! 4. Modify the output from the export to fit your DN
You need to run a substitution or two over your file. Create a [Perl] script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -pi
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''If this works (it should), it should be added to the script above.'' --AristotlePagaltzis
Now import them in much the same way:
-!5. Connect Evolution to your address book
+! 5. Connect Evolution to your address book
In the Tools menu, click Settings. Select Directory Server and Add a new connection. Follow the wizard, adding the name of your server, binding by DN (use cn=admin,dc=ellusions,dc=tla at this point).
When you save this, you will see an entry for your LDAP server under "Other Contacts". If you click it it should ask you for a password (once, use your root DN password) - upon success __you will see no contacts__. Click "Clear" on the search field on top of the box and they should populate. You can then add/edit/search the contacts.
Ximian Evolution assumes that you will not have write access to your LDAP address book unless you have authenticated with the LDAP server.
-!6. Caveats
+! 6. Caveats
* You will see a contact with "Department: Contacts". This is the OU; you can't do anything with this.
* If you try and create a user 'Foo', you will get a failure (Error adding card: Other error) which equates to "no sn: field in LDAP".
* You shouldn't use the root DN - the next update will concern creating an LDAP user and giving them access to the contacts, but I might tie that into migrating all my system users to LDAP as well.
* If you are trying to export address books from mozilla to use via ldap in mozilla it might help to be aware of some bugs ..
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116692 this url contains links to an official mozilla ldap schema and a perl script to help convert the current ldif export to conform with this schema.
