Re: [Evolution] Re: Evolution and OpenLDAP contacts lists

[Mike Meyer <mjmeyer gendesign com>]

Thanks for the directions Siva,

I have been able to get a debug trace. I start up evolution and when it
prompts me for the LDAP password, I  enter the correct passwd, I get
access to the database as anonymous. Even though the password was
correct. If I enter an invalid password, I also get anonymous access.

Therefore, I think that I am not giving myself admin privileges within
the database. I am an LDAP greenhorn and used examples of ldif files
that I picked up off the internet
(http://www.feltd.com/work/projects/openLDAP), and modified them to my
liking. 

So the question I guess is how do I give myself admin privileges? One
way I just tried was to log-in as Manager, which has also root
management permissions as defined in the slapd.conf file. Seems like too
much permission though. Basically I want to be able to give a group of
individuals in the organization the ability to ad/modify people to the
corporate address book. What is the best way to do that?

My database entries look like this so far:


ldapsearch -x -b 'dc=gendesign,dc=org' -D
"cn=Manager,dc=gendesign,dc=org" '(objectclass=*)' -W
Enter LDAP Password:
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <dc=gendesign,dc=org> with scope sub
# filter: (objectclass=*)
# requesting: ALL
#

# gendesign.org
dn: dc=gendesign,dc=org
objectClass: dcObject
objectClass: organization
o: GenDesign Corporation
dc: gendesign

# Manager, gendesign.org
dn: cn=Manager,dc=gendesign,dc=org
objectClass: organizationalRole
cn: Manager

# AddressBook, gendesign.org
dn: ou=AddressBook,dc=gendesign,dc=org
objectClass: top
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: AddressBook

# Michael Meyer, AddressBook, gendesign.org
dn: cn=Michael Meyer,ou=AddressBook,dc=gendesign,dc=org
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: evolutionPerson
cn: Michael Meyer
givenName: Michael Meyer
sn: Meyer
userPassword:: e1NTSEF9bTI3aDI1em9CYTRodkJNUmY0UGcyS1BUMm02MjhpNTM=
mail: mjmeyer gendesign org

# search result
search: 2
result: 0 Success

# numResponses: 5
# numEntries: 4
[mmeyer newbox tmp]$


Thanks,
Mike Meyer

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:06, Sivaiah Nallagatla wrote:
> If you start evolution-data-server in a terminal you can see what is
> going wrong in contact creation from debug output. 
>
>
> Siva
> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 09:50 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > An update to my statements below.....
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 09:42, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > >   I just recently picked up the latest version of evolution with a new
> > > installation of fedora linux and would like to implement a network
> > > accessible contacts list using OpenLDAP. I have been able to
> > > successfully create an OpenLDAP (version 2.2.17) database and
> > > successfully attach to it using Evolution (version 2.0.2) with
> > > administrative privileges. 
> > >
> > >   I cannot however view the entries in the database previously entered
> > > via an LDAP ".ldif" file.
> >
> > I can view the entries created within the LDAP database. All I had to do
> > was hit the clear button.
> >
> > >  Evolution does allow me to add new members via
> > > the contacts view (i.e. no error indication). However, they never make
> > > it into the LDAP database.
> >
> > Still cant add though. Must be a permissions problem for the user I am
> > logging in as. Evolution or Open LDAP do not feed back an error
> > indication that there is any permissions problem or that it fails
> > though.
> >
> > > Anyone out there have experience with this configuration? I would
> > > appreciate any recommendations or direction.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike Meyer
> >
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