24 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRe: [courier-users] ldapauth howto
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Rune Prytz AndersonFeb 17, 2002 11:34 am 
Aly S.P DharshiFeb 17, 2002 12:36 pm 
Edwin CulpFeb 17, 2002 7:33 pm 
Rune Prytz AndersonFeb 18, 2002 4:02 am 
Roel van MeerFeb 18, 2002 7:34 am 
Edwin CulpFeb 18, 2002 8:37 am.ldif
Edwin CulpFeb 18, 2002 9:00 am 
Roel van MeerFeb 18, 2002 9:28 am 
Edwin CulpFeb 18, 2002 11:04 am 
Rune Prytz AndersonFeb 18, 2002 1:38 pm 
Edwin CulpFeb 18, 2002 1:57 pm 
Rune Prytz AndersonFeb 19, 2002 1:30 am 
Roel van MeerFeb 19, 2002 1:53 am 
Mike RichardsonFeb 19, 2002 2:05 am 
Edward WildgooseFeb 19, 2002 2:37 am 
Edwin CulpFeb 19, 2002 5:47 am 
Roel van MeerFeb 19, 2002 8:48 am 
Roel van MeerFeb 19, 2002 9:21 am 
Kelvin CookshawFeb 19, 2002 11:33 am 
Aly S.P DharshiFeb 19, 2002 11:34 am 
Aly S.P DharshiFeb 19, 2002 12:17 pm 
Rune Prytz AndersonFeb 21, 2002 11:56 am 
Aly S.P DharshiFeb 21, 2002 12:40 pm 
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Subject:Re: [courier-users] ldapauth howtoActions...
From:Edwin Culp (ecu@encontacto.net)
Date:Feb 18, 2002 1:57:43 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Quoting Rune Prytz Anderson <rp@soyuz.df.lth.se>:

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Roel van Meer wrote:

Rune Prytz Anderson wrote:

I started out at www.lifewithqmail.org/ldap. I then noticed that courier-imap was a component of a larger software with the same posibility to do ldap authentication and sice I'm new to this I thought I it would be easier to get everyting to work with courier instead of a bunch of diffrent programs working together. But since there is no really howto on courier and ldap it seems to be alot harder...

The specifics of configuring courier for use with ldap and populating ldap for use with courier may be documented in the LDAP-Implementation-HOWTO of the LDP. If you would like to contribute it there, i'd be pleased.

What I'm looking for is some help with how the ldap-database is to be structured. The courier configfiles are quiet easy to figure out.

What exactly are your goals? The design of an LDAP database depends for a great deal of its intended use. It's possible to provide people with example entries, but it's really hard to make a generic document and a specific application and bring them together.

The goals is to get it work in a rather small scale. About 100 mailusers. I guess the idea is to have ONE big database to support samba, ftp and mail with login authentication. Don't know if thats realistic.

Doesn't sound like a problem until you approach maybe 100 time that many users. Proftpd and courier have no problems with very simple and similar schemas. I'm not sure about samba but I will check their schema. Will you be migrating from an /etc/[passwd|master.passwd|shadow|etc.]? Have you looked at and or tested the schema that I sent? I suggest that you use openldap2.0.23. Do you have it working?

ed

I would certainly try to contribute if Rune will help us with a starting point as I'm sure many others will. I doubt that many of us have the time to do a complete HowTo by ourselves.

You said it. Right now, i'm trying to get the ldap-impl-howto back on track, but due to a lack of time it's going slow. It might be wise to cooperate efforts?

Yep. I like to help out with the howto as much as I can.

Regards, rolek

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