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 2.4 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 2.1.21+ (recommended)
18 OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended)
19 POSIX REGEX software (required)
22 BDB and HDB backends require Oracle Berkeley DB 4.4, 4.5,
23 4.6, or 4.7. It is highly recommended to apply the patches
24 from Oracle for a given release. In addition, for BDB 4.7,
25 it is advised to also use the supplied build/db.4.7.25.patch.
28 Depends on package. See per package README.
31 MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
32 Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
33 detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's
34 Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
38 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the
39 guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The
40 guide and a number of other documents are available at
41 <http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/guide.html>.
43 The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs
44 and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details.
46 The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
47 news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
48 etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>.
50 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at
51 <http://www.openldap.org/faq/>.
54 SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
55 OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please
56 review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
57 archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists
58 <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer,
59 please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
61 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our
62 Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not
63 use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
64 to an appropriate mailing list.
68 See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for
69 information regarding how to contribute code or documentation
70 to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software.
71 While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
72 activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list
73 prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be
74 submitted using the Issue Tracking System
75 <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered.
80 This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
82 Copyright 1998-2008 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
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.