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Julia Smith commented on DIR-320:
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We'll see. Installation of o-ldap was a bear and most information available was
also dated or misleading.
I've seen some pretty mincy replies from openldap guys, whose answers were
simply RTFM and not even relevant to the core issue (using the right options
for ldapadd or modify to setup rootDN for config or manipulate it).
I'd much rather work in Java server for development. In principal less hassle.
On the plus side: Studio seems to work better with openldap than a
commercialized version when accessing cn=config.
So go figure. LDAP is a huge learning curve, not at all aided by the general
flux server configuration (openldap was miserable to get running compared to
ds). Overall LDAP projects are harming themselves because the documentation is
terribly lacking. Only openssl is worse, if you want to actually manipulate
certs and read pkcs12 files.
> ACL/ACI documentation section missing, filled with TODOs.
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>
> Key: DIR-320
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIR-320
> Project: Directory
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: sitedocs
> Reporter: Julia Smith
> Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
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> I had to scrounge around on the web to find content for the authorization
> sections. Your current release's documentation's chapters are simply filled
> with "TODO" when it comes to defining grants/denials, which is a problem for
> people evaluating studio for use and might limit its adaptation.
> Here is the version of documentation that actually still presents content. It
> actually works with the current version of studio.
> https://directory.apache.org/apacheds/basic-ug/3.2-basic-authorization.html1
> You might consider incorporating it into the current release's documentation.
> Also there is little or no apparent online discussion of ACI with the
> exception of a PDF of what looks like a PPT presentation.
> http://people.apache.org/~ersiner/apachecon-us06/ac-us-06-FR20-ErsinEr-ApacheDS_Access_Control_Administration_The_X.500_Way.pdf
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