RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Did you get anywhere with this Liz? -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page thank you. I will look into this... Thanks Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Galmod is a MS tool provided on the backoffice 4.5 resource kit CD. It's basically a sample website that allows users to update their personal info in the GAL. One of our developers took it as a sample on how to get to the GAL and is now modifying it to do the other things I posted. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
My copy of the galmod website walked off. And I can't get a replacement CD from MS. Apparently the BORK 4.5 is no longer available, and MSDN won't ship me another one... If someone could zip up the files and email them to me, I would appreciate it. -Original Message- From: Jeff Herr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Did you get anywhere with this Liz? -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page thank you. I will look into this... Thanks Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Galmod is a MS tool provided on the backoffice 4.5 resource kit CD. It's basically a sample website that allows users to update their personal info in the GAL. One of our developers took it as a sample on how to get to the GAL and is now modifying it to do the other things I posted. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter
Displaying the GAL on a web page
here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Wow. I would think the higher-ups would have more sense than to post the GAL on an external web page. If it can be done, the only way I am seeing right now (and keep in mind, I have given uo caffine, so I haven't been thinking well) is exporting the GAL into a csv file and then tagging the names with a mailto link to their smtp addresses on the wbe page. Two problems though - again, if this is external, someone could easily copy the addresses and use them to do spam mass mailings, and two - if you have a lot of users, it will take longer to load all of those names onto a page. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:07 AM To: Balen, Steve B - Raleigh, NC; [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Can you give me a direction on where I could find the LDAP calls for GAL? THANKS!!! Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
I am not too sure if ldap is what you want to do - unless you want to query it. You said you want to display the entire gal on the web page, correct? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:26 AM To: Balen, Steve B - Raleigh, NC; [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Can you give me a direction on where I could find the LDAP calls for GAL? THANKS!!! Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Galmod is a MS tool provided on the backoffice 4.5 resource kit CD. ItÂ’s basically a sample website that allows users to update their personal info in the GAL. One of our developers took it as a sample on how to get to the GAL and is now modifying it to do the other things I posted. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
correct. It would be nice to display the name, title, phone as well as the e-mail address Liz -Original Message- From: Steve Balen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I am not too sure if ldap is what you want to do - unless you want to query it. You said you want to display the entire gal on the web page, correct? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:26 AM To: Balen, Steve B - Raleigh, NC; [EMAIL PROTECTED] at INTERNET Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Can you give me a direction on where I could find the LDAP calls for GAL? THANKS!!! Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
thank you. I will look into this... Thanks Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Galmod is a MS tool provided on the backoffice 4.5 resource kit CD. It's basically a sample website that allows users to update their personal info in the GAL. One of our developers took it as a sample on how to get to the GAL and is now modifying it to do the other things I posted. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page
Note that GalMod, as CDO, is Microsoft a technology which runs only on Microsoft's own IIS Webserver. If you need something running on your *NIX platform you probably need to develop your own solution using Perl with LDAP. Maybe PHP can also be used with LDAP but I don't know because I'm not doing those things If you could convince your management to let it running on Microsoft IIS, here's a ready-to-use sample app: http://www.cdolive.com/phonelist.htm. Available in source for free and you could customize it to fit your needs or hire somebody who can do. Cheers:Siegfried runat=server / -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page thank you. I will look into this... Thanks Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Galmod is a MS tool provided on the backoffice 4.5 resource kit CD. It's basically a sample website that allows users to update their personal info in the GAL. One of our developers took it as a sample on how to get to the GAL and is now modifying it to do the other things I posted. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Unfortuantely, our e-mail addresses and business phone numbers are public access (yeah, great for spammers...) It would be nice to have their office phone next to their e-mail address. we are also Exch 5.5 You said that you use GALMOD. what is that? Liz -Original Message- From: Brian Politis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page You could also set your webpage to only display email addresses, and peronal information for Intranet users. I would stop and write a privacy policy and clearly define your goals before proceeding. We're currently doing the same thing with GALMOD on Exchange 5.5, and came up with the following: Dept. Managers and Above are required to input their Home #s and addresses (for Disaster Recovery). Line people can choose whether or not they want their Home information posted. Home information and full office information is only displayed on the Intranet. Public Internet users can only access Names and Office Numbers. (Most office numbers are to a receptionist not a direct line) All employees are required to update their information periodically. The login script fires a prompt every 30 days to have them update their info. If their information is not kept updated it will reflect in their perfomance reviews (like most managers are gonna care, but at least it's written that they are supposed to keep it updated) -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page I'm not sure CDO will work from Unix. Another way to do this is with LDAP from your webpage. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 14:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Will unix have any trouble with it? CDO with anonymous wouldn't give any backdoors into the sever? Thanks for your help... Liz -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Displaying the GAL on a web page Just to display the GAL you can use CDO with anonymous authentication. -Original Message- From: Thompson, Elizabeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 July 2002 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Displaying the GAL on a web page here's the situation. We have been told that we have to go to dynamic web pages. No biggy, right?. Well, higher ups would like to have the employee directory be dynamic as well. Their logic - why update it in 2 places (exchange and the web pages), why not have it dynamically pull from the GAL. To add interest to the situation the Web pages run off of an AIX UNIX box and with Exchange 5.5 sp4 on NT sp6. Does anyone know if it is do-able to have the GAL display on a open web page? it seems like you could pull you info using the CDOs but it also seems that you would want some sort of authentication with it? Now is this actually possible? If so, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Elizabeth Thompson Service and Support Technician CCBC - Catonsville List Charter and FAQ at: http