OpenLDAP 2.0 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 the first release of 2.0 and includes significant changes from prior releases. The software may be a little rough around the edges, use with appropriate care. Those seeking stable LDAP servers may want to use 1.2. 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 (recommended) OpenSSL 0.9 (recommended) POSIX REGEX software (required) SLAPD: LDBM compatible datastore (required) [Sleepycat Berkeley DB 3.2 (recommended) or GDBM] 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 is available at: http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/ 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 <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists <http://www.openldap.org/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 <http://www.OpenLDAP.com/its/> 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. --- $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/README,v 1.25.4.13 2001/08/02 00:43:24 kurt Exp $
