Re: LDAP backend anyone?

["il02exm25" <ckl017 email mot com>]

shahms,

you might want to look back through the archives for a thread titled "remote
configuration sources".  Basically, it doesn't seem like gconf is intended
to store user data like this (someone correct me if i'm summarising this
wrong :).  We talked about implementing a system similar to gconf for user
data.... specifically, we talked about using the acap protocol, which would
allow all acap aware applications to share the user data, like bookmarks,
email settings, etc.

check out http://asg2.web.cmu.edu/acap/ for more acap info.

I've set compiled their acap server, and acap api.  Actually, i hacked up
the api so i didn't have to get kerbose working to mess with it.... let me
know if you want a snapshot of my changes.  I tried to contact the
developers, but haven't received a response.... i still need to get on their
email list.

ideally i think we'd implement an api similar to gconf for the user data,
and have multiple back ends, just like gconf.  I think acap would probably
be a pretty simple, and useful first backend, but i need to mess with it
more....

K

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shahms E. King" <shahms shahms com>
To: <gconf-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: LDAP backend anyone?


> I was thinking about implementing Netscape roaming profiles in Galeon
> (because they're wonderful!) and it occurred to me that this
> functionality could be gained for free were I to write a LDAP backend
> for GConf instead.  so, now I've got 3 questions:
>
>         1. is anyone working on this?
>         2. would there be any interest in this?
>         3. since I haven't yet looked at actually doing this, how
>            gracefully does GConf handle backend stuff? say, if the LDAP
>            server is unavailable will it be able to gracefully fall back
>            to using a local store?
>
> Thanks,
> Shahms
>
>
>
>
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