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atmospherix
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Sep 17, 2003, 10:59 AM
 
This question has quite a few parts...

I am aware that LDAP functionality is built into OSX server/client, but have been reading that there is no LDAP appication built into OS X to run the server. Is this true? If so, then what application(s) would I need to run an LDAP server?

Is there anyway to run an LDAP server on an OSX client machine?

Does an LDAP server have to be a standalone machine or can it run alongside printer/file sharing on one machine?

Hopefully someone will have all the answers.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

Seth
     
kampl
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Sep 17, 2003, 05:41 PM
 
OpenLDAP is installed if I recall. Terminal> man slapd

Or OpenLDAP
     
CatOne
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Sep 18, 2003, 01:12 PM
 
Originally posted by atmospherix:
This question has quite a few parts...

I am aware that LDAP functionality is built into OSX server/client, but have been reading that there is no LDAP appication built into OS X to run the server. Is this true? If so, then what application(s) would I need to run an LDAP server?

Is there anyway to run an LDAP server on an OSX client machine?

Does an LDAP server have to be a standalone machine or can it run alongside printer/file sharing on one machine?

Hopefully someone will have all the answers.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

Seth
OS X Server includes an LDAP Server. It's called Open Directory.

If you're using regular OS X (i.e. not the server version) you don't have an LDAP server. Of course you can access an LDAP server as a client. You could always download and install an LDAP server on OS X if you wanted to.

And an LDAP server can run alongside other services. I have a machine that's running print sharing, file sharing (AFP, SMB, NFS), web serving (Apache), J2EE Serving (JBoss), LDAP (Open Directory), DNS, DHCP, and lots of other stuff. No problem 'tall, just have more than 256 MB of RAM
     
KappaBandit
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Sep 18, 2003, 11:30 PM
 
I want to setup network accessible address book directories. Mac OS X's Address Book will connect to LDAP served directories. What can I use to set these up and populate them with data and how can I start serving this over my network?

I am running Mac OS X Server v.10.2.6 and will be upgrading to 10.3 when it becomes available.
     
 
   
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