Re: [Evolution] Connecting to LDAP address book

[Scott Anderson <ee_in_co yahoo com>]

Karim:

Using luma, I can only connect to my LDAP servers anonymously with an unencrypted connection.  So
it is not behaving the same as evolution is for me, but it does let me see all the records.

Connecting with evolution is set to anonymous with always use a secure connection over port 389. 
It also works using port 636, again always secure.

The search base is empty, but I have also seen this as "(objectclass=*)".  I would assume
evolution by default searches all objectclasses.

Search scope is "Sub".

Timeout and download limit are left to the default values, whatever the timeout is and 100.

No contacts are shown until I send a filter, such as "Name begins with scott".  Then I get some
contacts to show up.  I think this is the same behavior as you are seeing.

I do have problems for certain searches, usually when only one contact matches the search.  I
don't know why, and I have a bug filed for this (#322964).

As for whether evolution needs the ldap.conf settings, I would assume no, since they do not ask
for it in the LDAP addressbook setup.  I do *think* they make use of the settings in the system
ldap.conf file.  I'll try some experiments to see if this is true.

Also, did you know there is an open bug on the evolution-data-server that changes to the LDAP
server settings in many cases requires evolution to be forcefully shutdown in order to kill the
data server and restart with the new settings.  I can't remember the bug number for this.

Scott

--- Karim Ratib <karim ratib gmail com> wrote:

> Scott et al:
>
> The results I've gotten with this issue are confusing. I tried the setup
> with two different LDAP servers, one installed by our sysadmin at work, and
> one that I installed myself at home. Here's what I got:
>
> 1. At work, rebooting (once or more) connected me to the LDAP addressbook.
> At home, it didn't.
>
> 2. Fixing ldap.conf to have correct BASE and URI entries enables ldapsearch
> -x to work. Otherwise, command-line parameters need to be added manually.
> Question: Does Evolution need ldap.conf settings too? Given that Evo also
> asks for these parameters in its addressbook settings.
>
> 3. In any case, I cannot display the full contents of the addressbook. I can
> also filter on some values. Did anyone notice this behaviour?
>
> I installed a cool little app called luma (apt-get install luma) that
> connects to LDAP servers and has an addressbook module. Reading and writing
> work fine in all cases, even for remote servers (i.e., accessing my home
> LDAP server from work).
>
>
> On 2/4/06, Scott Anderson <ee_in_co yahoo com> wrote:
> > Hi Steve:
> >
> > Well, I am definitely not an LDAP expert, but here's the little I do
> > know.  Forgive me if this is
> > too basic.
> >
> > ldapsearch -x <filter>
> >
> > will connect you to the default LDAP server in your ldap.conf file (mine
> > is located at
> > /etc/ldap/ldap.conf).  The default LDAP server is specified by the "host
> > z.z.z.z" parameter or the
> > "uri ldap://z.z.z.z/"; parameter.
> >
> > A simple filter is "cn=scott*"
> >
> > If I don't provide a filter, ldapsearch -x returns the all the object
> > classes in the database.  So
> > getting nothing is a bad sign.  Have you tried asking your work LDAP admin
> > to give you the right
> > settings for the ldap.conf file?  I'm not sure what all the settings do in
> > mine, so I am not much
> > help.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > --- Bone Down <bone down powertripz com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> >     Scott,
> >
> > Hello, what should my ldap.conf file look like? I am able to connect tomy
> > work ldap (so it seems),
> > but I am not able to actually perform asearch (well I can perform one,
> > just no results).
> >
> > I tried typing ldapsearch -x  within shell and nothing, also
> > triedldapsearch my.server.name.here
> > -x, with no results.
> >
> > This is about the only thing that I have not been able to figure out sofar
> > within evolution.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Scott Anderson wrote:
> > Karim:Some other questions:Can you use this LDAP server under other
> > applications?Does ldapsearch
> > -x work?I had similar problems with evolution connecting to an LDAP
> > server, but it was incorrect
> > settingsin my ldap.conf file.  Once I figured them out, I was able to
> > connect much better.Scott---
> > Bone Down <bone down powertripz com>
> > wrote:---------------------------------    Karim,What version
> > of Evolution are you running?Iam running 2.4.1 and when I set mine up it
> > did the same thing to
> > meover and over again.I had to reboot twice after the intial setup and
> > then the error wentaway.My
> > problem is now it appears to connect, however when I do a search fora name
> > in the ldap contactlist
> > I get no information displayed and thesearch takes less than a second to
> > complete, and thecompany
> > has around3,000 email addresses.Try rebooting, if this does not work the
> > first time, delete and
> > re-setthe ldap, then on the addessbook properties window ==> display
> > tab==> click on find possible
> > search bases, if that returnsinformationselect it (means that you are at
> > the least talking to the
> > ldap server(and this is faras I have been able to get with
> > mine)).SteveKarim Ratib wrote:Hi all,
> > I'm trying to create an LDAP address book, without success. Afterentering
> > the LDAP server info
> > inthe Address Book Properties, I get anuninformative error telling
> > me:  "Error Loading Address
> > Book: We were unable to open this addressbook.This either means you
> > haveentered an incorrect URI,
> > or the LDAP serveris unreachable."  Any hints on how I can troubleshoot
> > this issue?  TIA,Karim
> >
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