compile python-ldap on macosx
Jens Vagelpohl
jens at zope.com
Sat Oct 26 18:26:15 CEST 2002
i personally had no idea that ldap comes standard. so i poked around
and sure enough if you go to /etc/hostconfig and add a line that says...
LDAPSERVER=-YES-
then the built-in server starts up on system start. i then went in and
changed /System/Library/StartupItems/LDAP/LDAP to point to my
self-compiled slapd instead. works wonderfully.
i probably should make use of the built-in one instead. i just have to
change the configuration and *hope* that it can deal with my already
existing database files and my schemata... but at any rate, at least
for folks who just want to use python-ldap as a client without running
a LDAP server the mere existence of the libraries and header files will
simplify building the module a lot.
jens
On Saturday, Oct 26, 2002, at 12:12 US/Eastern, Michael Engelhart wrote:
> Well NetInfo is one of "many" things OpenLDAP can serve up. I doubt
> that Software Update would change the slapd.conf file since it
> basically just points to the apple.schema file. I'm guessing it is
> safe and to be sure I just keep a copy of the configuration file.
> BUt that's just me.
>
>
> On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 10:48 AM, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>
>> looking at the configuration files under /etc/openldap i suppose this
>> "built-in" ldap server is designed to serve NetInfo data through
>> LDAP. not sure what that is supposed to be good for on a normal OS X
>> > install.
>>
>> i'd be weary to try and use that server to serve out other stuff as
>> well. i'm not sure Software Update would recognize changes and not
>> just replace the files the next time there is an updated ldap bundle.
>>
>> jens
>
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