kolab on openSUSE natively is a little bit back

[Thomas Spuhler]

On Thursday 02 April 2009, Richard Bos wrote:
> Op donderdag 02 april 2009 06:43:03 schreef Thomas Spuhler:
> > On Tuesday 31 March 2009, Richard Bos wrote:
> > > Hello Thomas,
> > >
> > > Op dinsdag 31 maart 2009 16:47:02 schreef Thomas Spuhler:
> > > > I am working on the Mandariva. /var/lib/ldap/* is wrong. Probably
> > > > need to change the path in /etc/kolab/templates/slapd.conf.template
> > > > to /var/ldap/* and /var/lib/ldap-kolab to /var/kolab-ldap
> > >
> > > For opensuse /var/lib/ldap is correct.  That error "chown: cannot
> > > access `/var/lib/ldap/" is always reported.  A bit confusing, but after
> > > some installations one get used to it ;)
> > >
> > > Alar's problem is most likely caused by a incorrect kolab package.
> >
> > The Mandriva way is to have it at /var/lib/ too, but kolab looks for it
> > at /var/
>
> dist_conf> grep ldap mandriva
> ldapserver_dir=${localstatedir}/ldap-kolab
> ldapserver_rundir=/var/run/ldap
> ldapserver_argsfile=/var/run/ldap/slapd.args
>
> > The other location that doesn't match are the schema. Kolab looks in
> > /usr/share/openldap/schema
>
> dist_conf> grep ldap mandriva
> ldapserver_schemadir=${datadir}/openldap/schema
>
> > in /etc/kolab/templates/slapd.conf.template
> > I have
> > include @ldapserver_schemadir@/core.schema
> > include @ldapserver_schemadir@/cosine.schema
> > include @ldapserver_schemadir@/inetorgperson.schema
> > include @ldapserver_schemadir@/rfc2739.schema
> > include @ldapserver_schemadir@/kolab2.schema
> >
> > in  the kolab.spec  which should match I have
> >
> > install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openldap/schema
>
> The spec file is made and maintained by you.
>
> > what am I missing?
> >
> > Last but not least, when deleting a user, it stays forever (at least for
> > a very looong time) as "deleted, waiting for cleanup"
> > Is there a cron entry missing?
> >
> > Does the file kolabd-2.1.0.tar.bz2/kolabd-2.1.0/dist_conf/mandriva
> > have any influence when building the package or is this just an
> > information file?
>
> This dist_conf/mandriva is an important file.  It defines all variables
> that are used to correctly install kolab in a distribution.  If you find
> any wrong directory / file, you should update this file and repackage
> kolab.  Continue this process until the paths are matching the locations
> that Mandriva uses. Once you have a correct dist_conf file, ask the kolab
> devs to commit it to cvs, so other mandriva users can benefit from it too.
>
> Hope this helps.
Thanks for helping. Kolab is just such a beast, you have to know ldap, 
postfix, cyrus, and Perl.
There is currently no maintainer, after the Oden gave up. I am trying to get 
it to work, and then submit it for inclusion. Quite a task.


-- 
Thomas