Re: RedHat method of ldap install?

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Monday, June 14, 2004 9:50 AM -0500 Tim Tyler <tyler@beloit.edu> wrote:

>    Openldap and Red Hat experts.
>        We have RedHat 9L installed.  We have had a real hard time getting
> it to compile and to find the openssl C *.h libraries.   Apparently, the
> "CFLAGS = -I" command never works.  RedHat 9 has its openssl compiled
> such that the openssl .h files are in /usr/include/openssl directory
> which openldap can't find.  CFLAGS is useless in including these files.
>    So has anyone successfully compiled openldap with RedHat's openssl in
> their default directory?  Does anyone use RPM's for openldap, or do you
> stick to doing a source compile?  If so, do you completely install
> openssl from scratch as well?  What method have RedHat 9 users
> successfully used to install openldap with openssl?

RedHat is abysmal in keeping its packages up to date.  I always build all 
of the packages completely from scratch.  It isn't too difficult to do.

You might find this a useful resource:

<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration>

--Quanah

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