[horde] LDAP only?

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Wed Nov 17 11:55:37 UTC 2010


Zitat von Chris Flav <chris.flav at yahoo.ca>:

> Hello,
>
> I am upgrading an antiquated Horde/IMP webmail installation that  
> currently uses
> mysql for userprefs.  I am looking to use LDAP since the site uses LDAP for
> their userbase already.  However, the LDAP documentation the wiki seems
> currently broken.  Anyone care to share me a link since for the life of me I
> cannot find this information mirrored anywhere.
>
> In the same scenario, can LDAP be used as an exclusive backend for userprefs,
> including the adressbooks, signatures, identities etc?  I know the L of LDAP
> means "lightweight", but avoiding to maintain MySQL as well would be a plus,
> since this site seems to have accumulated a large amount of orphan info in
> MySQL
> over the years.

Yes, it's still possible to keep preferences and address books in  
LDAP. For certain advanced features of recent Horde versions, let  
alone the groupware apps, LDAP is not sufficient though.

Jan.

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