Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-directory-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 85329 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2005 20:52:48 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Mar 2005 20:52:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 88106 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2005 20:52:47 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-directory-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 88066 invoked by uid 500); 3 Mar 2005 20:52:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact directory-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Apache Directory Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list directory-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 88053 invoked by uid 99); 3 Mar 2005 20:52:46 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from ev1s-216-127-78-4.ev1servers.net (HELO mail.ipov.net) (216.127.78.4) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with SMTP; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:52:45 -0800 Received: (qmail 24122 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2005 20:52:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.5.47?) (216.77.58.66) by 0 with SMTP; 3 Mar 2005 20:52:43 -0000 Message-ID: <42277923.3050701@ipov.net> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:52:51 -0600 From: "Robert r. Sanders" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Apache Directory Developers List Subject: Re: Configure (Eve) server from properties file. References: <42252AD1.7070505@ipov.net> <42253C97.30409@bellsouth.net> <4226358C.50702@ipov.net> <42263F58.3070906@bozemanpass.com> <422645F3.4060402@ipov.net> <42264A5F.3000108@bozemanpass.com> <42267004.20600@ipov.net> <42276205.1060306@bozemanpass.com> <42276ACE.2000109@ipov.net> <00aa01c5202c$248ae760$fb529145@mtbrook.bozemanpass.com> In-Reply-To: <00aa01c5202c$248ae760$fb529145@mtbrook.bozemanpass.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N David Boreham wrote: > > Quick question: could you expand on what exactly you mean > by 'a directory configuration' ? I'm guessing that you don't mean > different vendors' products (e.g. test with Active Directory first, > then with Novell eDirectory, and next with Apache Directory Server). > And you probably don't mean something like changing the list port on > the server. > Are you planning to test different > DIT shapes, different user schema, stuff like that ? (e.g. one site > puts all users in one container, others divide them up between > containers for functional > groups; one site uses 'uid' as a naming attribute while > another uses 'cn'). Exactly. I won't be able to test the quirks of the different server implementations; but I should be able to test a broad range of different user schema and the like. > If this is what you mean by > 'different configuration' then I believe you can probably > do everything you need to do via LDAP because > all you're doing is creating container entries in different > places and with different object classes. > You can add all the entries in the DIT, run your tests, > then delete the entire DIT, then iterate with a new one. > > Did I get that right ? > Ok, I think I finally have gotten what I am trying to do explained. -- Robert r. Sanders Chief Technologist iPOV (334) 821-5412 www.ipov.net