Re: [tpop3d-discuss] auth-ldap module for tpop3d

[Prune]

Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Prune wrote:
>     [...]
> > I just have a problem, regarding the stringmap.c file.
> > I had a conf line never found by my module.
> > I added some debug (badly printf) in stringmap.c as follow :
> >     
>     [...]
> > As you can probably see :
> > -when parsing the conf for directive "aaa", it checks first between 
> > "listen-address"
> > - then "" (nothing.... why ? there are no empty lines in the conf file...)
> > -then "auth-mysql-mail-group"
> > AND THAT'S ALL !!!!
> > :)
> >
> > why ?
> >
> > I simply tried to order my config file (sort...). then everything goes 
> > well. (but it checks with every line in the conf each time... not really 
> > optimized).
> >
> > Could we concider this a bug ?
> > I don't really understand the algo used in stringmap_find....
> >       
>
> I'm not sure what your complaint is-- is it failing to
> find the `aaa' key after it's been inserted, or that it is
> not very efficient in this case? Per the comment at the
> top of stringmap.c, it doesn't try to balance the tree at
> all....
>
> If it's failing to find the entry at all, well, that's
> more serious....
>       
It's just failing.
aaa (added for test) was 'auth-ldap-filter-attr' at the begining.
can you explain me the first part of the debug.... why is it comparing the
configuration key 'aaa' to the first entry in the configuration file, then
to a blank line, then to another one and the stop ??
      
recall :
      
---
les attrisbuts stringmap : aaa  listen-address 
les attrisbuts stringmap : aaa 
les attrisbuts stringmap : aaa  auth-mysql-mail-group 
auth_mysql_init: filter-attr fail from the conf 
---
      
Why does it work when the configuration file lines are sorted ?
> > I'm cleanning the code and converting it from the "auth_mysql.c" name to 
> > "auth_ldap.c". Then it will be released as a patch.
> > stay tuned.
> >           
>
> Excellent. Are you happy for me to integrate it into the
> distribution? Also, could you tell me how to set up a
> minimal LDAP installation so that I can try it out on my
> machine.
>           
Of course you'll add this to the distrib !!!! (I hope, in fact :)
For testing, go to http://www.openldap.org
download latest release
compile as said in the doc (there is a quick start on the homepage I think),
but it's pretty obvious :
          
cd openldap-2.0.22
./configure --prefix=/opt/ldap/openldap  --without-cyrus-sasl --enable-dynamic
--enable-rlookups
make depend
make
make install
          
edit the /opt/ldap/openldap/etc/openldap/slapd.conf and change the rootdn
and the password :
rootdn ="dc=your_domain,dc=com", for example
password = foo
          
then start /opt/ldap/openldap/libexec/slapd
          
for debug (level 64, see the doc for more, '-1' is full debut) or if you
only want to bind some ip's or port (default 389) add :
/opt/ldap/openldap/libexec/slapd -d 64 -h ldap://ip:port/
          
then you have to add some data
....
see the doc, you have to do it with ldif files.
          
rearch for ldapbrowser, a java interface, pretty good, or 'gq', a gtk frontend
for unix.
          
Ldap is not as simple as a DB, I think. look around www.openldap.org for
details.
          
Cheers,
          
Prune
          
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