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.x or 2.1.3+ (recommended)
19 OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended)
20 POSIX REGEX software (required)
23 BDB backend requires Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.1
24 LDBM backend requires a compatible database manager
25 [Berkeley DB, GDBM, etc.]
28 LTHREAD compatible thread package
29 [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others]
32 Depends on package. See per package README.
35 MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
36 Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
37 detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP
38 Admnistrator's Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
42 There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and
43 routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details.
45 The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
46 news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
47 etc.. It is located at:
48 http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
50 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and other documentation
52 http://www.openldap.org/doc/
54 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at:
55 http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi
58 SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
59 OpenLDAP is user supported. If you have problems, please
60 review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
61 archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing
62 lists <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find
63 the answer, please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
65 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our
66 our Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/> or
67 by sending mail to <OpenLDAP-its@OpenLDAP.org>. Do not use
68 this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
69 to an appropriate mailing list.
74 See http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html for how to
75 contribute code or documentation to OpenLDAP. Use the Issue Tracking
76 System <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to submit contributions.
77 While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
78 activities on the openldap-devel@openldap.org mailing list prior
79 to submission, it is noted that contributions must be submitted
80 using the Issue Tracking System to be considered.