Re: [Evolution] LDAP schema

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 17:02, Pascal DeMilly wrote:
> But still I have some questions. 
>
> Looking superficially at the ldap code it seems to me that if my ldap
> server was not supporting evolutionperson objectclass, the
> check_schema_support looks for support for inetOrgPerson, Person or
> OrganizationPerson. If any of the object class is supported, connection
> to this ldap server is established. 
>
> However it did seem to work for me as I was only able to access my ldap
> address book when I added support to evolutionperson. As I am new to
> LDAP, I am sure that somebody will point quickly to my mistake.

that's strange, you should be able to connect just fine (and even edit
cards if you've authenticated) with a server that doesn't have the
evolutionperson schema loaded, although the fields available for
editting changes with what schemas you have loaded.

> Also when opening a card, I don't have access to some fields like phone
> numbers, e-mail Changing the fullname and some other evolution specific
> fields works fine. I can see the values but the field is grayed out
> (disabled). What do I need to do to be able to change a phone number or
> e-mail address ? Is it because evolution use a different attribute
> (primaryphone) over the standard (?) telephonenumber of te objectclass
> person ?

Ahh, this is probably because you only loaded the evolutionperson
schema, and so only the fields defined in that schema are available. 
Not many people have actually tried getting the writable/schema stuff
going, so there hasn't been much talk about it on the lists.  Here's the
include directives from my slapd.conf file:

include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema
include         /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema

I normally don't have the evolutionperson schema loaded, mainly because
I wanted to make sure the writable support worked without it.  But those
3 lines, plus the include of evolutionperson.schema should get all
fields that we can store enabled for you.

Lemme know if you have any other problems.

Chris