Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I want to install ldap on F8 for use with evolution.
Do you mean you want to store contact information {names, numbers,
email} in a ldap directory ? That would seem to be overkill for a single
user - but something to learn about all the same.
If you mean you want to configure evolution to use an existing LDAP
server, that would be different...
I did a quick google
search and it led me to the fedora directory project:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org
The FAQ says explains how fedora-ds relates to openldap. However, which
one do I install?
They each implement an LDAP server.
> Does it matter?
LDAP servers are traditionally difficult to set up, with the issue that
a ldap server is structured by the administrator to suit their
requirements. There is some common structures or schemas available. I
have done a company wide (100 users) LDAP setup with openldap, and once
I understood a fair bit it ran on first FC3 then FC6 for 4 years. I was
going to convert to fedora-ds, but these plans have been abandoned. It
looked like there was some pre-defined structures available with
fedora-ds that would have made it a little easier.
Does evolution work with either one?
Should do; else evolution might be implementing ldap lookups in a server
specfic way, or expecting only a certain directory stucture.
DaveT.
