Re: alternate ldap schema

On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 12:30, Keith T. Garner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:13:39, Lloyd H. Meinholz said:
> > I have a large existing ldap database. I would prefer to use what
> > currently exists and not have to move all my email users under the
> > o=hosting tree. Can I modify this through configuration files or is it
> > much more complicated than this?
> 
> o=hosting is not hardwired anywhere.  That can be modified via the
> config files.  There are some assumptions made about the structure
> under the base dn.

By base dn, you mean o=hosting,dc=my,dc=com (or whatever else you can
configure) right?

> 
> base_dn
>     +----jvd
>     |     +--- postmaster
>     |     +--- aliases/accounts
>     +----jvd
>           +--- postmaster
> 
> > For example, would it be possible to
> > create mail users under the jvd tree by adding existing users in another
> > branch as uniqueUsers to the jvd? Thanks,
> 
> I'm having a slow Monday morning....What do you mean by this?  What
> would the tree (and its elements) look like?

My tree is something like:

dc=my,dc=com
   +---ou=Internal Users
   |   +---uid=meinholz
   |
   +---ou=External Users
   |
   +---ou=Web Sites
       +---cn=Web Site 1
           +uniqueMember uid=meinholz,ou=Internal Users,dc=my,dc=com
       +---cn=Web Site 2
           +uniqueMember uid=meinholz,ou=Internal Users,dc=my,dc=com

This schema is mainly used to seperate internal and external users and
allow a single user account access to multiple sites.

What I would hope to be able to add is something that would let me add
existing users to the jamm o=hosting hierarchy, similar to how I can add
existing users to my Web Sites hierarchy. So ideally, I would like to
add something like:

   +---o=hosting
       +---jvd
           +---postmaster
           +---uniqueMember uid=meinholz,ou=Internal Users,dc=my,dc=com

So that the jvd user was linked to my existing uid=meinholz entry
instead of creating a new user (new password) in the o=hosting tree.

Thanks for your help,

Lloyd




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