From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5PzE-0004n4-DB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:37:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7HFa6c6026188; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:36:06 GMT Received: from postin.uv.es (postin.uv.es [147.156.1.90]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7HFWRBZ018392 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:32:27 GMT Received: from morse.uv.es (morse.ci.uv.es [147.156.1.101]) by postin.uv.es (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7HFXI3Y000663 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:33:18 +0200 Received: from [81.203.193.29] (81-203-193-29.user.ono.com [81.203.193.29]) (authenticated bits=0) by morse.uv.es (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j7HFXDle000972 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:33:16 +0200 Message-ID: <430378D3.7030004@alumni.uv.es> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:50:11 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?QWJyYWhhbSBNYXLDrW4gUMOpcmV6?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050803) X-Accept-Language: es-es, es Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird and local LDAP server References: <42FF5AC6.6090500@alumni.uv.es> <42FF6468.7010903@gmail.com> <42FFA514.909@brettschroeder.name> In-Reply-To: <42FFA514.909@brettschroeder.name> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j7HFa6cP026188 X-Archives-Salt: 0627cd89-0a95-4fdb-aa74-05512c3dd551 X-Archives-Hash: 1ea55a9e59dd608b2528ed2147faafd3 Well, after using Ethereal to see the parameters sent during the=20 transaction, it does work, I can browse the LDAP database. The problem=20 now is that LDAP access seems to be read only and I'd like to be able to=20 add new contacts to the directory from Thunderbird, is this possible?=20 and is this secure to be done through Internet? Thanks, Abraham Brett Schroeder escribi=C3=B3: > The OpenLDAP client is *not* needed on the machine running T-bird - do=20 > something like the following to convince yourself that t-bird does=20 > *not* require the ldap client > > grep -i ldap=20 > /var/db/pkg/mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.6-r2/{,R,P}DEPEND > > All the work is in setting up the server. Thunderbird itself requires=20 > only a few simple pieces of info. > > See this > > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/specs/ldap.html > > and here's some more links (somewhat dated now but they get you=20 > thinking in the right direction) > > http://collingrady.com/2004/07/02/moz-ldap/ > http://www.topology.org/comms/ldap.html > > The best way to get this working (as is the case for any client-server=20 > software) is to use ethereal/tcpdump to capture the network requests=20 > made by t-bird. Then you will see exactly what requests are being sent=20 > to & from the server. This requires that you understand the protocol=20 > and how your server has implemented it > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt > http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/ > > LDAP schemas & servers are way too much fun ;-) > > Brett > > Ralph Slooten wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hello Abraham, >> >> I have been looking at LDAP myself for ages now, but understand almost >> nothing of it ;-) Anyways, your (first) mail got me thinking to test i= t >> myself again. I hit the same brick wall you did. It seems that the >> current thunderbird does *not* support LDAP at all (although it does >> present it as an option). I tried from an example on a website (to tes= t >> with their ldap), aswell as random "off-my-head" values but it does no= t >> append it to the address book. >> >> Maybe it's a thunderbird bug, I don't know (I haven't looked yet)? >> >> All I'm doing here is confirming your problem, not solving it (althoug= h >> I would be interested if there is a solution) ;-) Maybe it requires >> openldap to be installed (I only installed it so far on my server, not >> workstation)? >> >> Greetings >> Ralph >> >> Abraham Mar=C3=ADn P=C3=A9rez wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone: >>> >>> I recently had some problems sharing my contacts with more than one >>> mail client, so I decided to run a local LDAP server. I emerged=20 >>> OpenLDAP >>> and checked it with phpLDAPadmin. I can browse server's database and >>> add/remove/modify contacts with phpLDAPadmin, but I can't connect to = it >>> with a mail application; I tried both Evolution and Thunderbird and I >>> got nothing. >>> >>> The one I care the most is Thunderbird. I tried to add a link to th= e >>> server from the Address Book: FILE -> NEW -> LDAP DIRECTORY; I typed >>> what I think is the right parameters and tried, but nothing=20 >>> happened. Am >>> I doing anything wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Abraham >>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFC/2RoCt0ZF9kLPvYRAstoAJ9/ihBTodPdb2kyYzgaVPIuO3nJvgCdECS9 >> wUCsVBdH5EsfmYUTsvCplqI=3D >> =3D818N >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list