[ale] Connecting to MS with LDAP

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 17 July 2003 11:48 am, Jason Day wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 12:00:36PM -0400, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> > Our company directory is a windows thingie.  With outlook anyone can
> > find any mail address, browse calendars, etc.
> >
> > I'm told that MS is just doing LDAP under the hood, so in priciple I
> > should be able to connect the KDE address book (Kaddressbook)  to the
> > server and have similar access to the company directory.
> >
> > Has anyone done this?  Did you have success?  As near as I can tell
> > I've never gotten anything from the server.
>
> I do this currently using mozilla.  I've also had limited success using
> evolution.  I've never used kaddressbook, though, but it should be
> similar.
>
> The trickiest part is figuring out how to authenticate.  In my
> experience, every single LDAP server uses a different scheme for the
> bind DN.  Some use your username, some use your email address, some use
> a weird LDAP DN like "cn=username" or similar.  You'll need to
> experiment, or ask your sysadmin.
>
> If you have mozilla installed, I would recommend trying that first.
> It's extremely easy to setup, just go to prefs->addressing and click the
> "Edit Directories" button.  Click Add, enter a name and the hostname of
> your AD server.  Try leaving the base DN and bind DN blank at first, and
> see if it works.  If it doesn't, try experimenting with the bind DN.

Thanks.  That's a great idea.  Can you give me some clue as to what I 
should see if it is working?  I've added my server, but I don't see 
anything that says to search a server, or look in a Directory.  How can I 
test to see if it's working?

Thanks,

Michael

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