3 For a description of what this distribution contains, see the
4 ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of
5 changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this
8 This is 2.1 release. 2.1 releases includes significant changes
12 Build OpenLDAP requires a number of software packages to be
13 preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
14 software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
16 Base system (libraries and tools):
17 Standard C compiler (required)
18 Cyrus SASL 1.5 (recommended)
19 OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended)
20 POSIX REGEX software (required)
23 BDB backend requires Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.0 or better
24 LDBM backend supports this and other compatible database managers
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
37 Admnistrator's 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:
47 http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
49 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and other documentation
51 http://www.openldap.org/doc/
53 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at:
54 http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi
57 SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
58 OpenLDAP is user supported. If you have problems, please
59 review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
60 archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing
61 lists <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find
62 the answer, please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
64 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our
65 our Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/> or
66 by sending mail to OpenLDAP-its@OpenLDAP.org. Do not use
67 this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
68 to an appropriate mailing list.