Server-based address book with LDAP

[Michal Mertl]

darren david wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> So having sold my Mac (boo!) and being stuck with FreeBSD (yay!), I'm 
> looking for a server-based address book replacement. LDAP seems like the 
> way to go, but i have yet to find a good HOWTO and/or GUI based 
> application for administering said contact repository. I'd ultimately 
> like to be able to wire up a lightweight web-based solution for browsing 
> addresses remotely, but first i need to get LDAP off the ground. If i 
> ever get a Mac again, i'd likely use the new Auto LDAP-sync features in 
> Tiger's Address Book, but for now, can anyone point me in the right 
> direction?

I found the page http://www.feldt.com/work/projects/openLDAP/ very
usefull when setting up shared addressbook with OpenLDAP.

The only mail client which can correctly authenticate against OpenLDAP
and can insert/change records is AFAIK Evolution which works well on
FreeBSD.

> 
> thanks in advance,
> darren david
>