ldap on F8

[David Timms]

Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> I want to install ldap on F8 for use with evolution.
Do you mean you want to store contact information {names, numbers, 
email} in a ldap directory ? That would seem to be overkill for a single 
user - but something to learn about all the same.
If you mean you want to configure evolution to use an existing LDAP 
server, that would be different...

> I did a quick google 
> search and it led me to the fedora directory project:
> 
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org 
> 
> The FAQ says explains how fedora-ds relates to openldap. However, which 
> one do I install? 
They each implement an LDAP server.

 > Does it matter?
LDAP servers are traditionally difficult to set up, with the issue that 
a ldap server is structured by the administrator to suit their 
requirements. There is some common structures or schemas available. I 
have done a company wide (100 users) LDAP setup with openldap, and once 
I understood a fair bit it ran on first FC3 then FC6 for 4 years. I was 
going to convert to fedora-ds, but these plans have been abandoned. It 
looked like there was some pre-defined structures available with 
fedora-ds that would have made it a little easier.

> Does evolution work with either one?
Should do; else evolution might be implementing ldap lookups in a server 
specfic way, or expecting only a certain directory stucture.

DaveT.