X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/d8e47d7a28ce718ef9d2fb8009c70e5bdbdc0fb1..d6886f7be80b96366e231e17e1aba1aa839e969e:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 2bc4be5a5f..deb4d95046 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,39 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + LUMA, a very nice LDAP GUI + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/LUMA__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/LUMA__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html + Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:30:00 +0200 + +<p>The last few days I have been looking into the status of the LDAP +directory in Debian Edu, and in the process I started to miss a GUI +tool to browse the LDAP tree. The only one I was able to find in +Debian/Squeeze and Lenny is +<a href="http://luma.sourceforge.net/">LUMA</a>, which has proved to +be a great tool to get a overview of the current LDAP directory +populated by default in Skolelinux. Thanks to it, I have been able to +find empty and obsolete subtrees, misplaced objects and duplicate +objects. It will be installed by default in Debian/Squeeze. If you +are working with LDAP, give it a go. :)</p> + +<p>I did notice one problem with it I have not had time to report to +the BTS yet. There is no .desktop file in the package, so the tool do +not show up in the Gnome and KDE menus, but only deep down in in the +Debian submenu in KDE. I hope that can be fixed before Squeeze is +released.</p> + +<p>I have not yet been able to get it to modify the tree yet. I would +like to move objects and remove subtrees directly in the GUI, but have +not found a way to do that with LUMA yet. So in the mean time, I use +<a href="http://www.lichteblau.com/ldapvi/">ldapvi</a> for that.</p> + +<p>If you have tips on other GUI tools for LDAP that might be useful +in Debian Edu, please contact us on debian-edu@lists.debian.org.</p> + + + Idea for a change to LDAP schemas allowing DNS and DHCP info to be combined into one object http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Idea_for_a_change_to_LDAP_schemas_allowing_DNS_and_DHCP_info_to_be_combined_into_one_object.html @@ -651,20 +684,5 @@ choice.</p> - - A manual for standards wars... - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_manual_for_standards_wars___.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_manual_for_standards_wars___.html - Sun, 6 Jun 2010 14:15:00 +0200 - -<p>Via the -<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/robweir/antic-atom/~3/QzU4RgoAGMg/weekly-links-10.html">blog -of Rob Weir</a> I came across the very interesting essay named -<a href="http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/shapiro/wars.pdf">The Art of -Standards Wars</a> (PDF 25 pages). I recommend it for everyone -following the standards wars of today.</p> - - -