On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Abraham Ingersoll wrote: =>We use qmail-ldap and ldap in general for many user account data storage =>tasks, and intend to write a nice web-based ldap-explorer type app in =>perl at some point in the future.
I've been considering writing an LDAP web interface, but mainly designed not for the administration, but for clients. I was thinking of having them setup sub-accounts such as user-sub@hostname by using a simple interface and giving that a full POP3/IMAP2 account. Anyway, sort of similar, but I'm still wanting a nice explorer sort of interface that lets me review all the areas at once. =>It'd be modeled after MysqlTool (http://dajoba.com/projects/mysqltool), =>and would hopefully be useful within any context where someone might use a =>gtk-based 'gq' app (http://biot.com/gq/), except that it'd be web-based. => =>Problem is, I've been intending to get this project start for a while now, =>but haven't found the (free) time or anyone who would commercially back =>it. (It'd probably take about $3K US worth of developer time to get an =>initial version out the door.) => =>At one point I started on a small perl module that would encapsulate =>access to qmail-ldap's specific ldap scheme within site-specific rules =>(forwarding options, checks for account duplication/namespace clashes, =>etc), but it's still at version 0.0001. ;) => =>Perhaps there's someone out there who has a bit of perl experience who =>wants to collaborate with me on the exact details of how a qmail-ldap =>perl module's interface should be defined? Having a fellow admin to Well, I probably can find some time for us to bounce ideas around if you like. I've got a few already :> -- | Stephen "Slepp" Olesen / VE6SLP | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada / (780) 425-4798 | President of Geeks Anonymous + http://www.geeksanon.ca/ +---------------------------------
