f11: Cannot add LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3

[Joachim Backes]

On 10/02/2009 11:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Joachim Backes wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried to add a LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3, but after
>>> having added the server by File->New->LDAP server in the address book
>>> window (general and advanced tab) and clicking OK, no ldap server has
>>> been added:
>>>
>>> The server I tried to ADD IS:
>>>
>>>      Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
>>>      Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
>>>      Port: 389
>>>      searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
>>>
>>> It seems, that I'm doing something wrong.
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> First of all, it seems to have worked for me.
>>
>> While I did use:
>>
>> Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
>> Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
>> Port: 389
>> searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
>>
>> I also specified a Name....I assume you did same.
>>
>> The one thing that I question is...  Is this server supposed to be
>> accessible externally?  I ask this since when I connect to it via an
>> ldap browser I can only get a list of organizations under the baseDN and
>> can't seem to search deeper...
>>
>>
>>
> Correction....  I can search deeper....  My "default" search level was
> set incorrectly....  :-)
>
>

Hi, Ed,

having been successful! my mistake: I did not look in the tables of 
address books after having added the ldap directory to the address 
books. Searching addresses is OK! Thank you.

Kind regards

Joachim Backes

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Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes


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