kolab integrate with existant ldap

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Monday 06 December 2004 10:11, Mikael wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter bernhard at intevation.de wrote :
> >> I'd like to install kolab in our organization but there is already an
> >> independant openldap server we manage to keep track of the users.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to make kolab in sync with this ldap server ? (this to
>
> avoid
>
> >> to use the web interface to add & remove users)
> >
> >Within Kolab you also need an imap and http server.
> >If you add the corresponding Kolab attributes and auxilliary classes
> >to your ldap, you can use it and completely go without the Kolab
> >webinterface. However this needs some expertise.
>
> Yes, it does not sound very easy...
> I haven't worked much with ldap but I was hoping that I could install
> kolab with its openldap server and then only populate some parts of kolabs
> ldap tree with our user infos but leaving the kolab specific classes in
> the kolab ldap server. Any experience or opinion about that ?

This should be simpler to do, as the two trees should not interfere.
You could alternatively just run one of the ldap on a different port
which would make them completely independant.
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