README
1OpenLDAP 2.4 README
2 For a description of what this distribution contains, see the
3 ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of
4 changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this
5 directory.
6
7 This is 2.4 release, it includes significant changes from prior
8 releases.
9
10REQUIRED SOFTWARE
11 Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages
12 to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
13 software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
14
15 Base system (libraries and tools):
16 Standard C compiler (required)
17 Cyrus SASL 2.1.21+ (recommended)
18 OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended)
19 Reentrant POSIX REGEX software (required)
20
21 SLAPD:
22 BDB and HDB backends require Oracle Berkeley DB 4.4 - 4.8,
23 or 5.0 - 5.1. It is highly recommended to apply the
24 patches from Oracle for a given release.
25
26 CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware:
27 Depends on package. See per package README.
28
29
30MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
31 Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
32 detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's
33 Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
34
35
36DOCUMENTATION
37 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the
38 guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The
39 guide and a number of other documents are available at
40 <http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/guide.html>.
41
42 The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs
43 and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details.
44
45 The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
46 news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
47 etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>.
48
49 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at
50 <http://www.openldap.org/faq/>.
51
52
53SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
54 OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please
55 review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
56 archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists
57 <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer,
58 please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
59
60 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our
61 Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not
62 use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
63 to an appropriate mailing list.
64
65
66CONTRIBUTING
67 See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for
68 information regarding how to contribute code or documentation
69 to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software.
70 While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
71 activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list
72 prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be
73 submitted using the Issue Tracking System
74 <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered.
75
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78
79This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
80
81Copyright 1998-2011 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
82All rights reserved.
83
84Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
85modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
86Public License.
87
88A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
89top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
90<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
91
92OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.
93