We're completing our LDAP setup now, in conjunction with the samba-ldap packages, and it is really starting to work well (except for the small niggles such as with ssh/ssl etc).
So, I am trying to make setting up an LDAP server easier, and I would also appreciate feedback on the samba-ldap stuff from others who are using it (or just LDAP, but might want better tools). I don't know if it's appropriate for this list, and may be too high-volume for [EMAIL PROTECTED], so if you're interested in working on these issues, mail me off-list (unless significant numbers think it should stay on-list) and I will cc everyone tomorrow to get going. In the meantime, here is the wizard I have started on. I am not sure if drakwizard is rich enough for this (we will need a password entry field, which I don't think drakwizard supports, and for importing ldap entries a progress dialog would be nice), but I think it's worth a start. However, since I'm not good with perl, it would help if someone who is could lend a hand, I can tell you exactly what I need done, and prototype in bash ... To try the drakwizard: 1)urpmi drakwizard 2)Get this: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/cooker/drakwizard-ldap-0.0.20030130.tar.gz and untar it in /usr/share/wizards Goal is to provide a gui that does all the basics: 1)Setup ldap server in master or slave 1a)if master, be able to import data from the system (with openldap-migration and another script for samba users) 1b)If slave, be able to import data from the master via 'ldapsearch -x -h master -D "$rootdn" -w "$rootpw"|su ldap - -c "slapadd -c" 2)Be able to add/remove slave servers to a master server, so that you can setup a slave server in 1b (prompting when to do what on the other machine). Regards, Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
