Re: [Evolution] Logging LDAP activity in 2.0.1

[Eric Lambart <ximian nomeaning net>]

On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 08:03 -0700, Thomas Spuhler wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 07:30, Per Thomas Jahr wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having some problems with getting Evolution 2.0.1 to work together
> > with the company LDAP. Is there someway I can get a log file or some
> > more info from Evolution when it communicates with the LDAP server? 
> >
> > There is no error messages from Evolution but I can't get any results
> > when I search the LDAP either...
> >
> > Thanks
>
> You are not the only one and I never got a reply to this question on
> this list.
> Evo does not connect (at least I don't know how) to the kolab server,
> whereas Netscape/Mozilla or Kmail does not have this problem. It seems
> that Evo finds the LDAP server, but it does not accept the password. It
> keeps on asking for the password.

Well, I am only *just* starting to figure out how to set up LDAP on my
mail server, and was messing around with it last night.  I can't help
you with the overall issues, but as far as logging go, if you shut down
Evo by running:
$ evolution --force-shutdown
and then
$ /usr/libexec/evolution-data-server-1.0
(for RedHat 9; if it's not in that directory, try this to find it):
$ locate -r "evolution-data-server-1.0$"

After you've got EDS started, you can just start Evolution normally, and
you'll see LDAP-related messages appear in the terminal window where EDS
is running.

But unfortunately, from my limited experience, authentication problems
don't seem to give any feedback at all.

I just wish someone had written a simple document for "how to set up
OpenLDAP from scratch to store your Evolution contacts and share them
with other clients."  I guess I may have to be the one who does it.

Good luck!

Eric

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