Re: [Evolution] Evo 1.2 & LDAP with MS Exchange Server -- Sorted

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 19:13, Dick Roth wrote:
> Chris--
>
> I don't know what kind of server, except that it is not Exchange (the
> server is unix-based).

hm, I'm going to see about crafting some checks to determine server
types (if it's possible in all cases, I'm only sure it's possible for
openldap.)

>   Here is the .xml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <addressbooks>
>   <contactserver>
>     <name>Lincoln Directory</name>
>     <description/>
>     <port>389</port>
>     <host>llph</host>
>     <rootdn>o=mit_lincoln_laboratory</rootdn>
>     <scope>one</scope>
>     <authmethod>none</authmethod>
>     <ssl>never</ssl>
>     <limit>200</limit>
>   </contactserver>
> </addressbooks>
>
> wombat results:
>
> [dick raroth downloads]$ wombat
> wombat-Message: Starting wombat
> Wombat up and running
> wombat-pas-Message: libldap vendor/version: OpenLDAP  2.00.11
> wombat-pas-Message: extensions present:
> wombat-pas-Message: X_OPENLDAP
> wombat-pas-Message: X_OPENLDAP_V2_REFERRALS
> wombat-pas-Message: TLS not available (ldap_error 0x5c)
>
> wombat-pas-WARNING **: could not perform query on Root DSE
>
> wombat-pas-WARNING **: pas_backend_ldap_connect failed for
> 'ldap://llph:389/o=MIT_LINCOLN_LABORATORY'
>
> wombat-pas-Message: TLS not available (ldap_error 0x5c)
>
> wombat-pas-WARNING **: could not perform query on Root DSE
>
> wombat-pas-WARNING **: pas_backend_ldap_connect failed for
> 'ldap://llph:389/o=MIT_LINCOLN_LABORATORY'
>
>
>
> I tried changing the scope to "base", "sub" and "one", without
> productive result.  The wombat exchange above is reflective of trying
> the search twice, once "sub" and once "one" as offered in the Settings
> tool.

yeah, the settings dialog is where the problem is (with the scope
anyway), so setting it to "sub" and "one" actually set it to "one" and
"base", respectively.  But that setting only affects searches, and your
connection isn't even getting that far :/

I'm committing some more diagnostic output to the ldap backend, so it'll
actually tell what the error is when the root DSE query fails.  Right
now the only thing that seems even remotely possible (given the complete
lack of diagnostics :/) is that the name lookup might have failed?  does
that host (llph) resolve properly outside of evolution?

> Chris, I feel compelled to say that I don't use Evo because it bears a
> resemblance to Outlook.  I have never seen Outlook (nor do I care to). 
> I use it because it has been a great tool in doing business day to day. 
> Given this and my hope that the Linux desktop can become a true
> competitor in the marketplace, I hope that future releases of Evo and
> other great Gnome (Ximian and otherwise) tools will become defect-free
> enough to win some decisions to move from the MS paradigm to Open
> Source.

Well said, and I hope so too :)

Oh, and I was rather shocked when I ran outlook for the first time a few
months ago :)

The server checking stuff should be in CVS next week if you build from
CVS or in the next point release whenever that is (should be very soon).

Chris

> Dick
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 19:13, Chris Toshok wrote: 
> > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 15:33, Dick Roth wrote:
> > > Hi All--
> > >
> > > With hope in my heart, I tried this edit to the .xml file but with no
> > > joy.  What to do!!  I use LDAP lookups often during the day and now have
> > > to use gq to look up addresses and type them into my outgoing message.
> > >
> > > This function worked perfectly in 1.0.8.  But now, frustration.
> >
> > what server are you using?  what's the <contactserver> block look like? 
> > what is the output of wombat when you run queries (or autocomplete) -
> > run killev then start wombat in a seperate terminal, then restart
> > evolution.
> (snip)
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