RE: GUI Tools

[Tarjei Huse <tarjei@nu.no>]

On Sat, 2004-01-03 at 02:11, Jason Hotchkiss wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion.  I currently manually add my entries using
> ldapadd, but was getting tired of making LDIF files.  There is a tool
> jxplorer that I downloaded and installed.  It seems to do what I am looking
> for.  So 1/2 of my issue is resolved.  Thanks again and Happy New Year!

Take a look at phpldapadmin.sf.net and/or lam.sf.net. They provide ok
webfrontends.

When it comes to intranet stuff. Hmm. use Horde/Turba and configure a
special adressbook.

Tarjei
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Michael Stroder
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:45 AM
> To: Jason Hotchkiss
> Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: GUI Tools
> 
> Jason Hotchkiss wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good GUI tool to update, add or delete LDAP
> > entries?
> 
> This question is asked very often.
> Please see: http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/271.html
> 
> Note that there are generic LDAP clients/browsers (like my own
> http://www.web2ldap.de) which let you edit LDAP entries for getting started
> but does not help much if you'd like to get a highly automated system
> perfectly serving your daily administration needs.
> 
> There is another category of LDAP clients which focus more on "users" and
> "groups" for certain LDAP-enabled services, e.g. pam_ldap, nss_ldap, Samba,
> etc. Other LDAP clients focus on "address books" whatever that means in your
> personal context. Naturally these clients lack support for things they were
> not written for.
> 
> Also don't trust *all* software floating around. Make a security review!
> 
> >  Also, does anyone know of an out of the box intranet site that
> > works with LDAP to allow employees to update their LDAP entries?
> 
> I always suggest to use <your-favourite-web-scripting-language> to implement
> your own one which perfectly suits your needs.
> 
> Ciao, Michael.
>