Re: compile python-ldap on macosx

[Jens V. <je...@zo...>]

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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