[ale] Low resource, easy to admin LDAP server

[Alex Carver]

Interesting, though the Pi doesn't have Java on it.  I wonder if I could
port that, though, or at minimum use the library as a reference point to
write something that responds to queries and reads from a simple file.

On 2016-12-23 06:43, James Sumners wrote:
> If you're up for it, writing one wouldn't be too difficult -- 
> http://ldapjs.org/examples.html
> 
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net 
> <mailto:agcarver+ale at acarver.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Need some recommendations for a very low resource LDAP server that is
>     easy to configure/administer.  I was trying OpenLDAP but the lack of how
>     to properly write up any LDIF files to configure and populate it just
>     hurts my head.
> 
>     My only purpose is to provide directory services for some phones.  I
>     wanted to add non-system users (just user entries) to store phone name
>     and number so the phones could search the directory.  I also wanted to
>     be able to easily configure things like basic authentication (e.g.
>     read/query only users).  The server is inside a network so it's safe
>     from prying outsiders but still wouldn't be bad to know how to properly
>     set it up.
> 
>     Alternatively if you have knowledge of some really good OpenLDAP
>     documentation for administration (the OpenLDAP page sucks) then I'd be
>     glad to have that.  As an example, the page documents how to write a
>     complete configuration from scratch as if it didn't exist but it doesn't
>     explain or provide examples of how to make small changes (like updating
>     ACLs) without changing other settings.