Andre Schild wrote: >Hello, > >finaly I got the module compiled and running under w2k. > >Here the steps required to get it working: > >1. put the two dsp files from the attachement in the experimental >folder >2. the netscape/iplanet ldap libraries are installed in srclib\ldap >3. Apply the util_ldap.c.diff and util_ldap.h.diff to the source tree >(based on 2.0.43 release) >4. Compile the two modules using the dsp files >5. You get a mod_auth_ldap.so and a util_ldap.so module >6. Put them in the modules directory, don't forget to copy the >nsldap32v50.dll somewhere where apache.exe will find it >7. Load the two modules in your httpd.conf, like below: >LoadModule ldap_module modules/util_ldap.so >LoadModule auth_ldap_module modules/mod_auth_ldap.so >8. Configure the directories as described in the docus. >9. Start apache.exe > >Additional infos: > >First: >A main problem in the current sources is, that we build two modules >(ldap_module and auth_ldap_module) as dll's, but the functions from >ldap_module who are required by the mod_auth_ldap don't get exported. > >To do this, I have changed the util_ldap.h/c files (see diffs) to use >a >dllexport/import stuff, similar to the system used by mod_proxy. > That approach works fine, as does use of a separate modldapwin32.def (or some such) Win32 export definition file. (Ideally) one approach or the other should be selected as preferable and consistently applied in such cases.
>Second: >ldap_module is "home" in a file named util_ldap, where as all other >modules use the form of mod_XY >Why not change the source-filename to mod_ldap too ? > Reasonable question, but not a real hang-up, right? >If my changes are accepted, then I'm willing to update the README.ldap >file to replect the win32 >steps to build the module. > Cool.
