[ale] Low resource, easy to admin LDAP server

[James Sumners]

JavaScript is not Java. Node.js runs just fine on the Pi I believe.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:47 Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

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