Re: [Fedora-directory-users] What next?

Rich Megginson
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:19:06 -0000

Chris Curran wrote:

> Rich,
>
>      Tbird logging into FDS?  What does that mean?
>
>
> I have a LDAP server setup in my Tbird Address Book. To test the
> connection, in Tbird addr book I choose the ''Offline'' tab
then
> ''Download Now''. It asks me for a username and password -
I enter them
> and at that point I''m back where I began in Tbird. I check the log
> files in FDS (access) and there are a number of entries - all those
> beginning with "RESULT" have "err=0". Therefore, I
conclude that I am
> logging into FDS without error.

How did you populate your FDS database?

>
>     >From what system?  From OpenLDAP?
>
>
> >From FDS.
>
>     Can you tell me how to reproduce this error?
>
>
> Choose the ''Export'' option on the
''Tasks'' tab. Any permutation that I
> tried resulted in the same error (userroot).
>
>     There does not exist "officially supported" documentation
either
>     from Fedora or Red Hat or Mozilla.  You might be able to find
>     something with Google.  I would be surprised if there were
>     officially supported documentation from any Directory Server
>     vendor with respect to Thunderbird integration since it''s
>     relatively new.
>
>
> Uhh... Tbird/Mozilla Mail has been around for a number of years and
> certainly can''t be called "new". I don''t know
about other vendors;
> this is the first Directory Server I have evaluated (although the Sun
> salesperson I spoke to told me they support Tbird - how I don''t
know -
> we''ll find out next week).

There are several folks in the FDS community who have successfully used
FDS as their Tbird address book.  So I know FDS supports it.  It''s just
that we don''t have any official documentation.

>
> thanks,
> Chris Curran
>
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