[imp] IMP + LDAP.

[Ray Jackson]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the info... I am happy to get involved in the development 
side of things - but i'll need to familiarise myself with IMP/HORDE 
first of all... I only downloaded it this morning!

As for LDAP... I can give you pointers there (we use iPlanet's server).

Cheers,
Ray

PS. I've downloaded php4 from CVS... how do I procede from here... do I 
run makeconf?  A simple step-by-step of how to get the pear stuff from 
CVS into /usr/local/lib/php would save me some time... I'm no CVS expert 
either!

Michael Bull wrote:

> At 04:01 PM 19/01/2001 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I have just downloaded Horde 1.3.3 and IMP 2.3.6 in the hope that I 
>> can configure IMP to use LDAP and LDAP only for data/configuration 
>> storage.  I heave heard all the arguments about how suitable LDAP is 
>> and whether it is fast/slow enough etc. but I prefer to experiment 
>> with LDAP alone and then draw my own conclusions!
>> 
>> Here, we are already using our LDAP servers extensively for sendmail 
>> routing/PAM authentication/User Profiles/Address books etc.  We 
>> already have all the data we need on LDAP and I don't want to have to 
>> invent a new method for storing this data (i.e. mySQL etc.)  Can 
>> anybody please help me get started on how to configure Horde/IMP to 
>> use LDAP exclusively?  The only docs I find appear to be 
>> out-of-date... Even just a basic intro.. i.e. which files to edit... 
>> how to stucture my arrays to contact the LDAP server etc. would be a 
>> great start...
> 
> 
> Hi Ray.  I've been starting on this; there are some really good messages 
> on this subject between Jon Parise and I on the developers list.   You 
> should be able to search the archives off a link on the horde.org site, 
> but if you're playing with 2.3, you probably should join the 
> dev@lists.horde.org listserv.
> 
> One thing we know to expect is that some parts of the IMP LDAP schema 
> (which can be found in horde/imp/scripts/db/impPrefsObject.ldap) are out 
> of data with the newest preferences; you'll likely need to add to the 
> schema.   I'm working on this, but if you get to it first, send the 
> updates to the developers listserv so Jon or someone can commit them.
> 
> After you've had a look at what's been covered lately about 2.3 and LDAP 
> preferences, the dev listserv is a good place to discuss it.
> 
>> PS. I'm also getting a problem trying to find Log.php?
> 
> 
> You need the latest PEAR code.   Generic/reusable tasks have been 
> abstracted to the PEAR library of code.   If you retrieve the PHP code 
> from CVS, you can run the install so as to just update the pear 
> component (it ends up being placed in a lib/php4/pear directory once 
> installed).
> 
> 
> Best of luck,
> Mike.