Re: alternate ldap schema

Maybe a simpler way to ask the question is: can I authenticate a user
that is not under the jvd hierarchy?

If not, this would mean that a user needs an LDAP account for our web
sites and another for our email system.

Lloyd


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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Keith



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