Using kolab- LDAP Addressbook with Thunderbird

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Tuesday 22 March 2005 10:27, Georg Lerch wrote:

> the solution was:
>
> - stop kolab
> - delete all openldap files (test environment, not many users, no problem)
> - delete the *.pem files in /kolab/etc/kolab
> - kolab_bootstrap -b providing fqn kidlinux.glerch.de and so on
> - starting all kolabn servicec
>
> (hostname -f says kidlinux.glerch.de)
>
> configuring thunderbird ldap addressbook
>
> Name: Kolab
> Hostname: kidlinux (windows host with entry in hostfile)
> Base DN: dc=kidlinux
> Port-No.: 389
> DN Bind: no entry

Okay, so you gave "dc=kidlinux" and not dc=kidlinux,dc=glerch,dc=de?

> all other values are left as thunderbird default.
>
> This worked, but when I klick offline and try to download the
> addressbook, no result.
>
> What I stil don`t like, when entries in the addressbook are beeing
> displayed, the order is First Name -  Last Name,
> for esample:
> Hans Mustermann
> Thorsten Testmann
>
> I usualy know my buisiness contacts by last name, But I could not change
>   this. But this is perhaps more a Thunderbird than a Kolab topic.

Those two issues indeed seems to be Thunderbird issues.

Thanks for sharing the experience,
did you consider putting this in the wiki?
Bernhard
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