Re: ways to connect to IBM Lotus Directory

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Ildar Mulyukov wrote:
> I want to replicate an IBM Lotus Directory version 8 to my OpenLDAP server.

You mean Domino/LDAP 8.x? Mainly it's just the LDAP interface to the Notes 
address book.

> Does anyone have such an experience?

Partially.

> I was thinking of several questions:
> 1. I need IBM attributes, objectClasses etc. to use as an additional 
> OpenLDAP schema.

You can add those schema elements to your OpenLDAP installation. Not 
everything makes sense though. Think about your schema carefully. Make sure 
to clearly investigate what your LDAP clients need.

> 1a. Is it possible to create a schema file using LDAP schema discovery?

What do you mean with LDAP schema discovery? I'd dive into the subschema 
subentry of Domino/LDAP. It's accessible like that of any other LDAPv3 server.

> 2. Is Syncrepl of any use here?

Nope, since Domino/LDAP cannot act as syncrepl provider.

> 3. As a last resort I could use ldapsearch+ldapadd as soon as I get 
> Lotus schema.

Yes. Depending on the size of the database you could query the timestamp 
operational attributes. Cannot test myself since I don't have a Domino 
server running here.

Ciao, Michael.

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