Difference between revisions of "Set up an ldap server"
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| − | === | + | === Adding an OU === |
| − | To | + | To add an organizational unit, do |
| − | + | cat >orgunit<<EOF | |
| + | dn: ou=orgunit1,dc=example,dc=com | ||
| + | objectClass: top | ||
| + | objectClass: organizationalUnit | ||
| + | ou: orgunit1 | ||
| + | description: Test orgUnit | ||
| + | EOF | ||
| + | slapadd -v -l test | ||
| + | This example assumes you chose dc=example,dc=com as base DN. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Adding a person === | ||
| + | cat >person<<EOF | ||
| + | dn: cn=John Johnson,ou=orgunit1,dc=example,dc=com | ||
| + | objectclass: top | ||
| + | objectclass: person | ||
| + | objectclass: organizationalPerson | ||
| + | sn: John | ||
| + | cn: John Johnson | ||
| + | EOF | ||
| + | slapadd -v -l person | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Using an application === | ||
| + | You can now test your ldap server using e.g. kaddressbook. | ||
=== connect to ldap server === | === connect to ldap server === | ||
Use kaddressbook to connect to an ldap server, search for Sam. The expected entry is Sam Smith. | Use kaddressbook to connect to an ldap server, search for Sam. The expected entry is Sam Smith. | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 1 September 2008
Contents
For SUSE
install ldap server
Just follow http://en.opensuse.org/Howto_LDAP_server
test ldap server
initialize ldap server
See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1582401
add an entry
See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1582401
Restart ldap server
Restarting ldap server must be possible:
/etc/init.d/ldap stop /etc/init.d/ldap start
Now the command
/etc/init.d/ldap status
Should show running. The port must be reachable via network:
nmap localhost
Should show one line
389/tcp open ldap
Adding an OU
To add an organizational unit, do
cat >orgunit<<EOF dn: ou=orgunit1,dc=example,dc=com objectClass: top objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: orgunit1 description: Test orgUnit EOF slapadd -v -l test
This example assumes you chose dc=example,dc=com as base DN.
Adding a person
cat >person<<EOF dn: cn=John Johnson,ou=orgunit1,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson sn: John cn: John Johnson EOF slapadd -v -l person
Using an application
You can now test your ldap server using e.g. kaddressbook.
connect to ldap server
Use kaddressbook to connect to an ldap server, search for Sam. The expected entry is Sam Smith.
