LDAP: Looking for an open-source server / how to configure ez3?

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Marco Zinn	Saturday 10 January 2004 9:53:30 am Hi, I'd like to try the LDAP-Connection of ez3-User-Module. For testing, i want to set up a small LDAP-server on our SUSE Linux 8.1 server (1&1 Root-Server). I'm not too much into Linux, so I'm looking for something, that is easy to install (binaries or a RPM). Then, i will need some information on how to set up ez to use the server. I'm sure, that some of you already did this... any hints for me about a ldap server software and how to get ez3 going with it ? ;) Edit: I just checked my PHP installation and it says: LDAP Support enabled RCS Version $Id: ldap.c,v 1.116.2.1 2002/04/23 18:59:57 derick Exp $ Total Links 0/unlimited API Version 2004 Vendor Name OpenLDAP Vendor Version 20104 Does this mean, there is already an ldap-server running on my server? If so, how can i access it? ;) Or does this only talk about ldap-function of PHP (4.2.2) beeing enabled? Thanks in advance. Marco http://www.hyperroad-design.com
Björn Dieding@xrow.de	Saturday 10 January 2004 12:56:42 pm If you figured out how please make some doc about it ... I would be interested too ;-) maybe the LDAP support works as good as the webdav implementation Looking for a new job? http://www.xrow.com/xrow-GmbH/Jobs Looking for hosting? http://hostingezpublish.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT +01:00 Hannover, Germany Web: http://www.xrow.com/
Marco Zinn	Saturday 10 January 2004 1:38:59 pm Hi, well, what I found out: - The server does not (yet) have it's own LDAP server. The PHPinfo refers to Ldap functions in PHP - These functions are needed by ezPublish (says the docu) - There are several public LDAP servers, which one could use for testing. Most are read-only. Of course, this requires, that you can access the servers on the LDAP port (389 or so). - From one forum post, i think, that the users in the LDAP-Servers are mapped into one single ez3-user-groups, which renders the thing unusable for me. I thought, one could use groups in the ldap-server.... - From the docu, there is some reference to a cron-job... I fear, that the ldap-users are simply copied to the ez3-user-table. ezCrew, can you enlighen us on my assumptions? (& Enhance the docu) Björn, are you ironic about the WebDAV? For me, WebDAV is completly useless. Why? - No versioning - I didn't manage to upload files larger than about 50 kb with WebDrive. Everybody else seems to love Webdrive. Probably my server config (0-byte-files are created... WebDAV client freezes), but I don't get any progress there - Dreamweaver MX didn't work either. Got lot's of strange characters in the folder names when browser and I think, i couldn't upload files, either - I could upload small files, but they don't show up in the ez web interface. So, probably, no file/image object was created. ---> USELESS (for me). And if the LDAP interface just copies/synchronizes the LDAP users with one (flat) user group, it's pretty much useless for me, too :( Okay... let's say "currently"... i like, that ez (and 3rd parties) work on things like this (ldap, webdav, pdf, rss) I'll keep you updated, when i spent some more time with LDAP. Marco http://www.hyperroad-design.com

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Saturday 10 January 2004 9:53:30 am

Hi, I'd like to try the LDAP-Connection of ez3-User-Module.
For testing, i want to set up a small LDAP-server on our SUSE Linux 8.1 server (1&1 Root-Server).
I'm not too much into Linux, so I'm looking for something, that is easy to install (binaries or a RPM).
Then, i will need some information on how to set up ez to use the server. I'm sure, that some of you already did this... any hints for me about a ldap server software and how to get ez3 going with it ? ;)

Edit: I just checked my PHP installation and it says:
LDAP Support enabled
RCS Version $Id: ldap.c,v 1.116.2.1 2002/04/23 18:59:57 derick Exp $
Total Links 0/unlimited
API Version 2004
Vendor Name OpenLDAP
Vendor Version 20104

Does this mean, there is already an ldap-server running on my server? If so, how can i access it? ;)
Or does this only talk about ldap-function of PHP (4.2.2) beeing enabled?

Thanks in advance.

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com

Björn Dieding@xrow.de

Saturday 10 January 2004 12:56:42 pm

If you figured out how please make some doc about it ...
I would be interested too ;-) maybe the LDAP support works as good as the webdav implementation

Looking for a new job? http://www.xrow.com/xrow-GmbH/Jobs
Looking for hosting? http://hostingezpublish.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GMT +01:00 Hannover, Germany
Web: http://www.xrow.com/

Marco Zinn

Saturday 10 January 2004 1:38:59 pm

Hi,
well, what I found out:
- The server does not (yet) have it's own LDAP server. The PHPinfo refers to Ldap functions in PHP
- These functions are needed by ezPublish (says the docu)
- There are several public LDAP servers, which one could use for testing. Most are read-only. Of course, this requires, that you can access the servers on the LDAP port (389 or so).
- From one forum post, i think, that the users in the LDAP-Servers are mapped into one single ez3-user-groups, which renders the thing unusable for me. I thought, one could use groups in the ldap-server....
- From the docu, there is some reference to a cron-job... I fear, that the ldap-users are simply copied to the ez3-user-table.

ezCrew, can you enlighen us on my assumptions? (& Enhance the docu)

Björn, are you ironic about the WebDAV? For me, WebDAV is completly useless. Why?
- No versioning
- I didn't manage to upload files larger than about 50 kb with WebDrive. Everybody else seems to love Webdrive. Probably my server config (0-byte-files are created... WebDAV client freezes), but I don't get any progress there
- Dreamweaver MX didn't work either. Got lot's of strange characters in the folder names when browser and I think, i couldn't upload files, either
- I could upload small files, but they don't show up in the ez web interface. So, probably, no file/image object was created.
---> USELESS (for me).

And if the LDAP interface just copies/synchronizes the LDAP users with one (flat) user group, it's pretty much useless for me, too :(
Okay... let's say "currently"... i like, that ez (and 3rd parties) work on things like this (ldap, webdav, pdf, rss)
I'll keep you updated, when i spent some more time with LDAP.

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com