Re: A little bit of help

[Syahrul Sazli Shaharir <sazli@myjaring.net>]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, ezJoe wrote:

> Are newbie question simply ignored in this respectable forum?

Perhaps we missed you the first time.. let me try to help.

> >  I've setup openLDAp from rpm. I was trying to find some normal docs
> > on the web but unfortunately couldn't find any good one.

Try:-
LDAP Service step-by-step - http://www.aplawrence.com/Unixart/ldap.html
LDAP Tutorial for Linux -
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP.html
LDAP HOWTO -
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO/index.html

> > Hence, stupid questions:
> > slapd is up and running but when I open any admnstration utility it
> > can connect to the ldap server but cannot see base structure.

What utility do you use, and what exactly do you see after connecting?

> > So my question is:
> > After installing openldap and configuring slapd.conf-are there any
> > steps involved,like creating a ldif file that desribes the ldap
> > structure?

Yes:-
1. Create LDIF file (see numerous examples in URLs above), starting with
   base of tree.
2. slapadd -f ./ldif_file, then start slapd.

All set.

--sazli
cd /open/source; make world
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x06D4113E
Key fingerprint = 0776 CC02 2C3F C0FF 7312  0C3E 0593 AF64 06D4 113E