OpenLDAP 2.2 README For a description of what this distribution contains, see the ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this directory. This is 2.2 release, it includes significant changes from prior releases. REQUIRED SOFTWARE Build OpenLDAP requires a number of software packages to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide. Base system (libraries and tools): Standard C compiler (required) Cyrus SASL 1.5.x or 2.1.3+ (recommended) OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended) POSIX REGEX software (required) SLAPD: BDB backend requires Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.1 LDBM backend requires a compatible database manager [Berkeley DB, GDBM, etc.] SLURPD: LTHREAD compatible thread package [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others] CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware: Depends on package. See per package README. MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section). DOCUMENTATION There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details. The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources, etc.. It is located at: http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and other documentation is available at: http://www.openldap.org/doc/ The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at: http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS OpenLDAP is user supported. If you have problems, please review the OpenLDAP FAQ and archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists . If you cannot find the answer, please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list. Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our Issue Tracking System or by sending mail to . Do not use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these to an appropriate mailing list. CONTRIBUTING See http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html for how to contribute code or documentation to OpenLDAP. Use the Issue Tracking System to submit contributions. While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development activities on the openldap-devel@openldap.org mailing list prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be submitted using the Issue Tracking System to be considered. --- $OpenLDAP$