X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=24fd57d3e261e7e6193ffd4c073dd14b0aa37136;hb=fa8aa9b2f9afcc9efe51f3c52f1213bde87b9913;hp=fb8dd8ab366791e60ce7022fad46c7347166590a;hpb=42e0d83cb3a1a1c5b25183f1ab74ce7edbe25de7;p=openldap diff --git a/README b/README index fb8dd8ab36..24fd57d3e2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,59 +1,71 @@ -UM-LDAP 3.3 README file +OpenLDAP 2.1 README - This is the UM-LDAP version 3.3 distribution. 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. For a more detailed - description of how to make and install the distribution, see the - INSTALL file in this directory. For more information on making and - installing slapd, see the "SLAPD and SLURPD Administrator's Guide" - in the doc/guides/ directory. + 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. -MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION + This is 2.1 release. 2.1 releases 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. - You should be able to make and install the distribution with a pretty - standard default configuration by typing the following commands + Base system (libraries and tools): + Standard C compiler (required) + Cyrus SASL 1.5 (recommended) + OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended) + POSIX REGEX software (required) - % make - % su - # make install + SLAPD: + BDB backend requires Sleepycat Berkeley DB 4.0 or better + LDBM backend supports this and other compatible database managers - in this directory. This should produce something that basically - works. + SLURPD: + LTHREAD compatible thread package + [POSIX threads, Mach Cthreads, select others] - You will probably want to do a little configuration to suit your - site, though. There are two files you might want to edit: + CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware: + Depends on package. See per package README. - Make-common This file contains definitions for - where things will be installed, where - to find various things, etc. If you - want to build an ldap server, you'll - definitely need to edit this file - include/ldapconfig.h.edit This file contains #defines used - by many parts of the distribution. - You'll at least want to change - DEFAULT_BASE. +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). - See the INSTALL file in this directory for more information. DOCUMENTATION + There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and + routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details. - 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/ - There is a postscript version of an administrator's guide for - slapd in doc/guides/slapd.ps. + The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and other documentation + is available at: + http://www.openldap.org/doc/ - There is an LDAP homepage available that contains the latest - LDAP news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources, - etc. You can access it at this URL: + The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at: + http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi - http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/ -FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS +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. - We would appreciate any feedback you can provide. If you have - problems, report them to this address: + Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our + our Issue Tracking System or + by sending mail to OpenLDAP-its@OpenLDAP.org. Do not use + this system for software enquiries. Please direct these + to an appropriate mailing list. - ldap-support@umich.edu +--- +$OpenLDAP$