Thunderbird can't do any updates to LDAP. However phpldapadmin might work for your situation.
On 11/28/05, Kimball Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 11:10 -0700, Kimball Larsen wrote: > >> Perhaps I'm missing something massive out there (LDAP, perhaps?) but > >> here goes: > >> > >> Our organization currently uses Exchange Server for the sole purpose > >> of sharing contacts in Outlook/Entourage on the desktop. > >> > >> Is there a free/os linux tool that can do the same thing Exchange > >> Server is doing for us now? Ie, just supply a way to let Outlook/ > >> Entourage see a shared list of contacts that everyone can update? > > > > LDAP certainly can give you a shared list of contacts that everyone > > can > > see and search from their e-mail clients (and LDAP-backed address > > book). > > In fact right now our department uses our department-wide LDAP server > > for this purpose, really a fringe benefit of using LDAP for > > authentication and authorization purposes (all users are in LDAP). > > > > The last part of your question is the kicker, though. I simply don't > > know about allowing end users to do the updates back into LDAP. In > > theory (and this depends on the mechanisms that the clients use to do > > updates), you could have each user set up to authenticate to the LDAP > > server as them selves (this is a standard option in outlook, > > thunderbird, etc. usually something about binddn), and then set up > > rules in the ACLs in LDAP to allow users to update certain fields in > > their own records. > > > > LDAP is a broad, nebulous thing. So in large part it is up to you to > > consider what kind of structure you want your data to have. That > > is the > > hard part. > > > > > I appreciate all the feedback and dialogue. As I am learning, no 2 > LDAP installs are the same (or, indeed simililar). We are not > looking for users to be able to alter anything with respect to user > data. This is to be nothing more than an address/telephone book. I > just need a good simple central spot to keep a list of a gazillion > contacts that are used and updated by several people in the company. > > I have finished my install of the OpenLDAP server, but ran out of > time (you know, the job gets in the way of playing sometimes) today > to get it configured and try to import any addresses. Hopefully I'll > be able to do that tomorrow. > > > Thanks! > > -- Kimball > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
