#97 LDAP support

[Koa CG]

Although it seems like an enterprise request which the
name of Asterisk@Home may not need.

However, I personally feel that Asterisk@Home is not
only excellent as a Home-used Asterisk but also as an
enterprise-used Asterisk.

LDAP support is a feature that Asterisk@Home can
consider to add.

[agillis]

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what would LDAP support do?

[Koa CG]

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As we know LDAP known to be a directory service which keep
the users' information such as email , name , department
etc. Many open source such as Samba , Squid , or even
Thunderbird can use OpenLDAP as the centralize user database.

Instead of keeping those information(userid, password ,
extension) in extension.conf or mysql , adding LDAP as a
backend user/extension database will be a great alternative
option to enterprise .

My suggestion is, you may use the OpenLDAP as testing ,
trigger at the phpmysqlAdmin when create/delete user to call
the LDAP client's command such as slapadd , slapmod ..etc
to do the modification on the LDAP server.

You can consider to add the OpenLDAP in the package as an
option , either running as localhost(standalone) or refer to
external LDAP server (For enterprise)

I have some experience in setting up samba + OpenLDAP
backend , and Thunderbird + OpenLDAP addressbook on FC3,
though I am not expert , I still able to give a little help
if you have problem setting up OpenLDAP ..

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I totaly agree, A@H feets perfectly for enterprise-use.
And LDAP would be great to communicate with an
exchange/active directory server for example.
Maybe in the future?