We are also an Openldap shop/School on SL5.0

We're running the TUV's ldap rpms with replication and it's working 
perfectly.

We're using STARTTLS'd enabled Syncrepl. Apart from a few teething 
problems at the beginning it's been working fine.

Faye


Roelof van der Kleij wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> We are an openldap shop. We use an in-house php app to manage accounts 
> etc. Our ldap servers run FreeBSD, but I am in the process of migrating 
> to Centos/SL servers.
> 
> I found the openldap server packages  included in RHEL5 to be out of 
> date and seriously broken. Especially master-slave replication is 
> impossible to get running reliably. The included Berkeley db version is 
> a bit buggy too (the openldap package indludes it's own bdb version 
> separate from the older one in db4.rpm)
> Also, most overlays are not included in the RHEL version.
> 
> I am now maintaining my own openldap 2.3.43 rpm's. My impression is that 
> RHEL is only interested in keeping the client side stable and expects 
> you to run RDS for the server side.
> 
> So either go FDS or start to maintain your own openldap packages.
> 
> Roelof
> 
> 
> Michael Mansour wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This area is quite new to me so I thought I'd ask this general question.
>>
>> I have a requirement where I need to setup an LDAP server and then 
>> have a web
>> form available where people can fill out their details (name, address, 
>> etc)
>> and have that web form effectively create an account on the LDAP server.
>>
>> In terms of the LDAP facility, I have previously installed and run 
>> OpenLDAP a
>> few times over the times, but never in production (just to learn it). 
>> But I'm
>> after some recommendations noting the requirement above.
>>
>> * Should I use OpenLDAP for this?
>>
>> * Should I use Fedora Directory Server for this?
>>
>> * Should I use something else for LDAP directory services?
>>
>> In terms of the Web form, is there anyone that knows what I can use 
>> here? like
>> a current project or current piece of software (non-commercial) that 
>> does this?
>>
>> Thanks for any tips, recommendations and advice.
>>
>> Michael.
>>   
> 


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