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 2.0 release. 2.0 releases includes significant changes
13 Build OpenLDAP requires a number of software packages to be
14 preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
15 software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
17 Base system (libraries and tools):
18 Standard C compiler (required)
19 Cyrus SASL 1.5 (recommended)
20 OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended)
21 POSIX REGEX software (required)
24 LDBM compatible datastore (required)
25 [Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4 (recommended) or GDBM]
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 is available at:
51 http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/
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.