LDAPconf General

Introduction

Index

LDAPconf is a frontend for the openldap package. It is really multiple frontends, designed with different usage areas in mind. Currently, it contains development version of the following frontends:

• Client config - for configuration of the localhost openldap client tools: ldapsearch, ldapmodify etc. (works well).
• Server config - for configuration and control of an openldap server running on the localhost. (works partly).
• Directory config - for configuration and operation of directories. (works partly).
• User client - allowing local users to update their personal info. (works partly).
• System client - configuration of nss/pam system. (LDAP setp works for client, pam/nss config should not be used).
• Userconf co-manager - extra userinfo for unix users. (works partly).
• Adressbook for contacts - (works partly).

LDAPconf is designed to support the frontends independenly. It is also designed with multiple "virtual" services in mind, so all directories are configured as independantly as possible. One conseqence of this is that all ldapconf configuration files is stored outside the openldap configuration directory. Instead of storing the directory (database) configuration inside the slapd.conf file, it will include the configuration files with the include directive in slapd.conf. This makes a more "cleaner" configuration IMHO, and also enable the support for "dropin" configurations, where pre-defined databases may be dropped into ldapconf. This may sound a bit unusual, so comments on this strategy is welcome.

1. Installation

• 1.1 General
• 1.2 Installing ldapconf
• 1.3 Installing openldap client
• 1.4 Installing openldap server

2. Usage

3. Concept

4. General LDAP info

5. About LDAPconf