RE: [TCLUG:18834] OpenLDAP

["Kevin Erickson" <kevinml@noridian.com>]

Actually, CN is commonname and usually represents the full name, e.g.

cn: Kevin Erickson
givenname: Kevin
sn: Erickson
jpegphoto: /tmp/myphoto.jpg

Outlook uses an attribute called "display-name" that it uses in preference
to "cn". For instance, cn at our site represents a userid instead of the
full name, so we populate display-name so that it looks nice in the Outlook
display.

If you turn on debugging on the ldap server and do a query from Outlook, you
can see all the fields that are requested. That might help you decide what
attributes to populate.

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew S. Zbikowski [mailto:andyzib@ringworld.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 11:11 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:18834] OpenLDAP
>
>
> >
> > It's recommended to use ldapadd when adding records to ldap.
> > Here's a sample template I use:
> >
> Allready figured that out...though I tried LDAP Explorer (Java program)
> and it seemed to do a good job of showing the full ldap database in a
> tree structure. Also supports templates and the like. Nice for when I
> goof...
>
> > dn: cn=FullName, dc=domain, dc=com
> > cn: FullName
> > sn: Company
> > mail: email
> > objectclass: person
> > objectclass: organizationalPerson
> > objectclass: inetOrgPerson
>
> What I have is a bit more complex, but didn't quit work right as of
> 5:30pm (and darnit...I wanted to go home!) And some fields probally
> aren't right...
>
> dn: cn=Firstname Lastname, dc=ltiflex, dc=com
> cn: Firstname
> sn: Lastname
> mail: username@ltiflex.com
> o: LTI Flexible Products
> locality: Rogers
> st: MN
> streetaddress: 21801 Industrial Blvd.
> postalcode: 55374
> countryname: US
> telephonenumber: 7634289119
> facsimiletelephonenumber: 7634289126
> ou: Department
> homeurl: http://www.ltiflex.com
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: person
>
> This came from hacking a export of my Netscape address boook. Needs a
> bit of tweaking (and testing in something other than Netscape)
>
> >
> > Should also check out Messageware from www.nexor.com - free software
> > to create Outlook-style addressbook from an ldap database.
> > It works great - we use it all the time on our client linux
> mail servers.
> >
>
> Thanks, I will. I hope it works on Citrix/TSE...
>
> --
> Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org
> With a name like Zbikowski, you've gotta be good.
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> -- Nikki Giovanni
>