[Phpgroupware-users] More LDAP questions

[Des Dougan]

Like one of the other recent posters, I'm running the Mitel SME Server 
Linux distribution (formerly e-smith), which uses gdbm. And like others, 
I'm having LDAP problems.

I'm trying to configure, in the Authentication/Accounts section of the main 
configuration screen, phpGW to use LDAP for authentication and user 
accounts. There are several issues from my perspective:

1. If "LDAP accounts context" and "LDAP groups context" are left blank, 
only the last entry in the LDAP database is displayed. In looking through 
the mailing list archives, I saw a posting that indicated these two 
configuration values were required. As, by default, the SME Server has a 
flat LDAP structure, this seems to be causing a problem.

2. On my test box, I therefore added to the LDAP database, using the LDAP 
Browser utility, two OUs ("people" and "groups"). I moved all my people 
entries (just 5 on this box) into the "ou=people" container. I then went 
back to the configuration screen and added the two entries, including the 
"ou=" portion. When I go into the "Modify an existing LDAP account store 
for use with phpGroupWare (for a new install using LDAP accounts)" menu 
option, I see no user names at all. My messages file shows:

Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie slapd[16661]: conn=80 op=0 BIND 
dn="CN=ROOT,DC=DOUGANCONSULTING,DC=COM" method=128
Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie slapd[16661]: conn=80 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text=
Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie slapd[16661]: conn=80 op=1 SRCH base="ou=people" 
scope=2 filter="(|(uid=*))"
Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie slapd[16661]: conn=80 op=1 RESULT tag=101 err=32 text=
Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie httpd: PHP Warning:  LDAP: Unable to perform the 
search: No such object in /opt/phpgroupware/setup/ldapmodify.php on line 81
Oct 12 17:11:38 bertie httpd: PHP Warning:  0 is not a LDAP result index in 
/opt/phpgroupware/setup/ldapmodify.php on line 82

I'm no programmer and can't debug what the ldapmodify.php file is doing here.

3. Another poster stated a belief that LDAP wasn't working in the current 
0.9.14 release. However, postings in the archive seem to indicate 
otherwise. Could someone associated with the project provide a definitive 
statement on the status of LDAP?

I've been trying to use phpGW ad it looks a really good tool (bugs and 
incomplete features notwithstanding), and I have a client interested in it 
for its global address book features (and perhaps time tracking). To me it 
seems streets ahead of other PHP applications like Twiggi, and it would be 
a great shame if LDAP support let it down.

Thanks,




Des Dougan