Re: [Evolution] Another LDAP related question..

[Christoph Lukas <christoph lukas gmx net>]

Hi,

> Question:
> How do I tell Evolution that it must use the LDAP server for 
> address lookup's by default. In other words the address completion
> feature. 
[..]
> Add this to your ~/evolution/config.xmldb :
> <section path="/Addressbook/Completion">
>       <entry name="uri" type="string"
> value="ldap://localhost:389/dc=toshok,dc=org??one"/>
> </section>
> NOTE: Change the URL to match the address book URL you want to use. 
> With LDAP URLs it has to be formatted using the correct syntax for your
> system.
>
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>
> How do  I prevent Evolution from overwriting the file each time ?

did you exit all evolution processes before editing the file?
try running 'oaf-slay' before editing.
btw: I am using a url like:

ldap://troll/ou=Contacts,dc=dimensional,dc=de?mail?one?

where 'mail' is the ldap attribute name storing the email address.

christoph