Re: [Evolution] LDAP

[Nigel Metheringham <Nigel Metheringham vdata co uk>]

On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 14:55, Dwight Hubbard wrote:
> That posting is a bit light on content to be put in the FAQ.  I couldn't
> get it working and I find the post leaves me more than a little puzzled
> as to exactly what goes in the authentication fields, search_base and
> search scope.  It would also help if it showed some way of getting the
> information that goes into those fields.

I've managed to get this mostly working, but it seems a little like a
black art :-)

For me, I needed to do the following:-
  - go to contacts
  - select menu item Tools->Addressbook Sources
  - Add a entry
      - Basic tab
        - Account name is what you want to appear "Other Contacts"
          section of the folder bar
        - Server name - name or ip address of your LDAP/exchange server
        - I did *not* check the "My server requires authentication"
      - Advanced tab
        - Port - unchanged (389)
        - Search base - o=Intechnology;c=GB
        - Search scope - Sub

The only hard part is the Search base, for which o=Intechnology is my
company name, and the c=GB is the fact that we are UK based.  I got
these by playing with ldapseach and by mugging our exchange
administrator :-)

After that you get a new entry in "Other Contacts", search and stuff
basically works, although there is a (for us at least) a cap on numbers
of records returned.  The a-z entries on the right hand side of the
contacts page do *not* work - a trace of whats being done shows they are
quesrying for something that exchange knows nothing about.

We use an exchange 5.5 server.

        Nigel.