2 For a description of what this distribution contains, see the
3 ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of
4 changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this
7 This is 2.2 release, it includes significant changes from prior
11 Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages
12 to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
13 software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
15 Base system (libraries and tools):
16 Standard C compiler (required)
17 Cyrus SASL 2.1.18+ (recommended)
18 OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended)
19 POSIX REGEX software (required)
22 BDB backend requires Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.3
23 LDBM backend requires a compatible database manager
24 [Berkeley DB, GDBM, etc.]
27 LTHREAD compatible thread package
28 [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others]
31 Depends on package. See per package README.
34 MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
35 Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
36 detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's
37 Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
41 There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and
42 routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details.
44 The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
45 news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
46 etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>.
48 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and other documentation is
49 available at <http://www.openldap.org/doc/>.
51 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at
52 <http://www.openldap.org/faq/>.
55 SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
56 OpenLDAP is user supported. If you have problems, please review
57 the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and archives
58 of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists
59 <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer,
60 please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
62 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our
63 Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not
64 use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
65 to an appropriate mailing list.
69 See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for
70 information regarding how to contribute code or documentation
71 to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software.
72 While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
73 activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list
74 prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be
75 submitted using the Issue Tracking System
76 <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered.
81 This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
83 Copyright 1998-2005 The OpenLDAP Foundation. All rights reserved.
85 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
86 modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
89 A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
90 top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
91 <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
93 OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.