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From: Peter McGarvey <pmcgarvey@vianetworks.co.uk>
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To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>,
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Subject: Re: LDAP How-To For A Newbie
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:30:48 +0000
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My aim is to do something similar.  But I'm just as lost and confused as 
you.  So I'd be interested in hearing about any "tips, tricks, pointers, 
RTFMs, etc." that you find out about.

On Monday 11 February 2002 23:31 pm, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I have successfully configured my FBSD box as a mail server with IMAP
> (yayyy!) and it seems to be working fine.  I like the fact that I can
> get and manage my mail from anywhere and it's always the same as I left
> it.
>
> I use various clients such as Outlook Express, Squirrelmail, and
> Mozilla, depending upon the device I am using to retrieve my mail.  But
> I have found a limitation.  Each client maintains it's own separate
> address book.  The time has come for me to create on centralized address
> book.  If I understand correctly, an LDAP server can be used for this.
>
> I have installed OpenLDAP 1.2.13 from the ports looked at the docs at
> www.openldap.org.  I can't determine if my ldap server is working
> properly as the example says to issue the following command:
>
> ldapsearch -x -b '' -s base '(objectclass=*)' namingContexts
>
> but this command returns an error as there is no "-x" option.  I've
> tried it without the "-x " and get an error stating "no such object".
> Can anyone tell me what the "-x" option was supposed to do and what an
> equivalent command would be?
>
> Once I have my server running the way it should, I would like to export
> one of my Outlook Address Books and add it to the LDAP server.  Short of
> major string manipulation, is there any other way to do it?
>
> Any tips, tricks, pointers, RTFMs, etc. will be greatly appreciated
> 'cause I'm a little lost right now.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
>
>
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