Re: [PLUG] LDAP addressbooks (Long)

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

Anyone ?

What do people use for their addressbooks that work on more than a 
single computer ?

Lee

On 01/08/2011 10:08 AM, Lee Marzke wrote:
> I'm looking for ideas on addressbooks that work across multiple 
> devices.  I've been
> using Google Voice since I picked up an Android phone, but not really 
> happy with
> how that is working.  I only use Google Addressbook now, not Google 
> email, or voice.
>
> My environment is:
>
> - Ubuntu Lucid 64bit Laptop,   with Thunberbird as email client.
> - Remote hosted IMAP server with IMP Webmail
> - Android phone
>
> - Test instance of OpenLDAP,  with InetOrgPerson schema default
> - Test instance of 389 Directory Server
>
>
> I really like the idea of using LDAP,  and have setup OpenLDAP in the 
> past,  but now that
> I am looking at LDAP again I find multiple areas that are frustrating.
>
> - Thunderbird can't write to LDAP, only read.   I'm partially open to 
> other IMAP clients.
>
> - Evolution can write, but doesn't use the same LDAP fields/schema as 
> other products.
>    In many cases simple things like zip codes are scrambled.  Seems 
> that multiple LDAP
>    fields are being concatenated into one field because of the schema 
> issues ?
>
> - InetOrgPerson schema is provided in OpenLDAP is close to what I 
> need, if only a
>    group of tools would use it.  Evolution wants EvolutionPerson ?
>
> - OpenLDAP won't load 'schema' files anymore,  they need to be in 
> .ldif format ?
>
> - OpenLDAP's config file is not used anymore,  it is configured by 
> another LDAP instance.
>   This seems to be a complete mess,  as most documentation refers to 
> slapd.conf
>
> - I've also setup 389 Directory server,  but this seem to add a bunch 
> of complexity
>     with no real benefit.
>
> I'm quite happy with my current IMAP hosting setup and not really 
> looking for an
> integrated product like Zimbra.
>
> Any suggestions or ideas ?    Can OpenLDAP still be run with the old 
> 'slapd.conf' file instead
> of the current setup ?   Is there a common schema that works - and can 
> also be synced
> in some format to Android ?


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