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Re: LDAP updates?

>>I just started looking at LDAP.  So far I have the server
>>running and my passwd/group "migrated" to LDAP.
>>The lookups seem to work fine, testing them with Netscape's
>>Address Book on Linux, and Outlook Express 5.5 on Windows.
>>I would like a (preferably free) GUI program so people can
>>update their own entries.  
>I was trying out a french developed GPL web based php update program that was
>specifically designed for an ldap server serving ms clients.  It was not great
>though.  The Outlook 2k client requires you to click a button before it tries to
>auto-complete the address.  A single click is such a pain to an MS user.  If you
>could just map that button to a fuction key it would be better.

Can't be worse than the M$->Edit->Copy, click other window, M$->Edit->Paste.  I think Bill believes that most people find mouse clicking deeply cathartic.

>>So far it looks like Netscape
>>and Outlook can't update directory servers.  At least I
>>haven't been able to make it work.
>Neither did I.
>>I am able to bind to
>>the server with user & password, but I cannot find any
>>screens that let me do updates on either program.
>>Can someone confirm or deny if Netscape and/or Outlook
>>can do LDAP updates?  If so how?  If not, is there a
>>[free] program for Linux & Windows that will do updates?
>gq is a good program, but it is still limited in what it can do somewhat.  It is
>on the rh 7.1 distribution.
>Wait, It does more than I thought it did.  I should try it out a little more
>before I call it bad names.

GQ is an amazing program,  it supports schema browsing and the abuse of a directory server in just about any way you can imagine.  In fact GQ is probably powerful enough to utterly baffle a Win32 user.

>>Or am I going to need to download one of these web based
>>update programs I see on Freshmeat?
>If you find a good one, let me know what you like.

LDAPexplorer is like GQ for the web (php).  PHPGroupware seems to have extensive support for LDAP (and everything else),  but is probably over-kill.  It is a general problem with LDAP stuff,  like sendmail,  it is often akin to killing a fly with an planet-sized anti-matter bomb.

There is http://rolodap.sourceforge.net/ however, which seems like a nice focused project.