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OpenLDAP - LDAPv3 branch
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Section: Unix
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Updated: Sat, Jul 19th 2008 22:41 UTC (1 month, 2 days ago) |
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About:
The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to provide a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, open source LDAP software suite. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop OpenLDAP Software and its related documentation. OpenLDAP Software provides a complete LDAP implementation including server, clients, C SDK, and associated tools.
Author:
OpenLDAP Project [contact developer]
Homepage:
http://www.openldap.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.openldap.org/software/download/
Changelog:
http://www.openldap.org/software/release/changes.html
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi
Bug tracker:
http://www.openldap.org/its/
Mailing list archive:
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/
Mirror site:
ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/MIRRORS
Trove categories:
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Dependencies:
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No dependencies filed
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» Rating:
8.50/10.00
(Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 1.65% (Rank 234)
» Popularity: 14.12% (Rank 104)
 
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Record hits: 72,907
URL hits: 85,922
Subscribers: 476
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Branches
Releases
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Version
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Focus
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Date
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2.3.43
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Minor security fixes |
19-Jul-2008 22:41 |
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2.4.10
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Minor bugfixes |
10-Jun-2008 20:08 |
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2.3.42
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Minor bugfixes |
28-May-2008 14:34 |
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2.4.9
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Major bugfixes |
08-May-2008 00:17 |
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2.4.8
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Major feature enhancements |
19-Feb-2008 22:09 |
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2.3.35
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Minor bugfixes |
07-May-2007 21:56 |
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2.3.4
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Major feature enhancements |
16-Jun-2005 07:08 |
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2.3.3beta
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Major feature enhancements |
12-May-2005 05:00 |
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2.2.26
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Major bugfixes |
12-May-2005 04:55 |
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2.2.24
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Minor security fixes |
07-Apr-2005 02:09 |
Articles referencing this project
- Red Hat: Updated openldap packages fix a security issue
by Patrick Lenz
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in Security
Sun, Jul 13th 2008 08:04
- Debian: New openldap2.3 packages fix denial of service
by Patrick Lenz
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in Security
Sun, Apr 13th 2008 15:03
- Red Hat: Updated openldap packages fix security issues
by Patrick Lenz
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in Security
Mon, Mar 24th 2008 06:47
- Red Hat: Updated openldap packages fix a security flaw
by Patrick Lenz
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in Security
Sun, Nov 18th 2007 13:26
- Red Hat: Updated openldap packages fix a security flaw
by Patrick Lenz
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in Security
Sun, Nov 11th 2007 10:44
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Comments
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Buggy and Bloated
by dmelomed - Jun 7th 2002 14:57:07
It seems the only close-to-production free LDAP server has gone the way of
Sendmail. Oh well.
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Rev. Adam Tauno Williams - Jul 16th 2002 13:01:22
> It seems the only close-to-production
> free LDAP server has gone the way of
> Sendmail. Oh well.
I completely disagree. I use OpenLDAP in production at several sites and
find it lean and rock-solid. I've never had slapd dump.
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by dmelomed - Jul 26th 2002 19:11:15
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> % It seems the only close-to-production
> % free LDAP server has gone the way of
> % Sendmail. Oh well.
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>
> I completely disagree. I use OpenLDAP
> in production at several sites and find
> it lean and rock-solid. I've never had
> slapd dump.
I could consider 1.2.x series lean, but not 2.x.x series. You're obviously
not subscribed to the mailing list are you?
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Rev. Adam Tauno Williams - Jul 28th 2002 11:29:58
>
> %
> % % It seems the only
> close-to-production
> % % free LDAP server has gone the way
> of
> % % Sendmail. Oh well.
> %
> %
> % I completely disagree. I use
> OpenLDAP
> % in production at several sites and
> find
> % it lean and rock-solid. I've never
> had
> % slapd dump.
>
>I could consider 1.2.x series lean, but
>not 2.x.x series. You're obviously not
>subscribed to the mailing list are you?
I "obviously" am subscribed to the list as I typically post multiple
messages on an average day. I do not see any evidence of bloat. The
backends are modular, you can install them or not. Most other changes
from 1.x are due to the support of LDAPv3 over LDAPv2 which is a clear and
obvious improvement. If LDAPv3 support is bloat than SSL support in Apache
is bloat, and single sign-on technology such as Kerberos V in Windows2000
is bloat (try telling that to any end user). DSA structure and replication
work almost identically to how they worked in 1.x.
I do see quite a few people on the list who seem to struggle; but most of
this is clearly due to a.) not understanding what the basics concepts of
LDAP are and what its purpose is b.) complete lack of any attempt to
effectively use available documentation (which is admittadly scattered and
quite a bit of it obsolete) c.) failure to understand the delineation of
LDAP, pam, nss, sasl, etc...
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by dmelomed - Nov 24th 2003 21:18:21
It would benefit to learn about better software design.
See djbdns, or SQLite for instance. OpenLDAP just doesn't fit either KISS
or good design.
Also see tinyldap.
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Howard Chu - Oct 8th 2005 20:08:32
> It would benefit to learn about better
> software design.
>
> See djbdns, or SQLite for instance.
> OpenLDAP just doesn't fit either KISS or
> good design.
>
> Also see tinyldap.
>
If you're actually a competent enough programmer to be rendering
judgements about good software design, why don't you contribute patches to
the project? That *is* how open source improves, after all.
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Phil Haigh - Aug 30th 2006 05:28:13
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> % It seems the only close-to-production
> % free LDAP server has gone the way of
> % Sendmail. Oh well.
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> I completely disagree. I use OpenLDAP
> in production at several sites and find
> it lean and rock-solid. I've never had
> slapd dump.
No release since June 2005? 86,000 hits on google for 'openldap
corruption' and many people don't seem to be able to find answers? I'm
reminded of Apache FOP which went for over two years with not even a bug
fix release. it doesn't matter how few bugs there are - if it affects you,
you'd like to report it and get it fixed. Otherwise, you have to use
something else.
And if so many people have problems with the standard deployment
(BerkleyDB back end) why is there no BerkleyDB FAQ/known issues?
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Rev. Adam Tauno Williams - Aug 30th 2006 20:19:51
> No release since June 2005?
Please check your facts; there have been several releases of OpenLDAP
since then. There was one last week. The Freshmeat entry is simply out of
date.
> affects you, you'd like to report it and get it fixed.
If it affects you and not lots of other people, maybe it isn't
broken.
> And if so many people have problems with
> the standard deployment (BerkleyDB back
> end) why is there no BerkleyDB FAQ/known
> issues?
But there is, start here -
http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1166.html
At least 9 out of 10 OpenLDAP related questions I see are answered right
there on the website.
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by roger webb - Apr 3rd 2005 17:39:10
I think you are a tad to harsh...
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Re: Buggy and Bloated
by Rick - Oct 27th 2005 19:50:29
> It seems the only close-to-production
> free LDAP server has gone the way of
> Sendmail. Oh well.
I disagree aswell. What are you basing that on?
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Documentation
by Rev. Adam Tauno Williams - Mar 21st 2002 14:24:19
I've written (and am maintaining) a relatively extensive presentation
concerning LDAP, OpenLDAP, and integration with various services. ldapv3.pdf hosted by
the Kalamazoo Linux Users
Group. (Kalamazoo, Mi. USA)
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