f11: Cannot add LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3

[Joachim Backes]

Hi,

I tried to add a LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3, but after 
having added the server by File->New->LDAP server in the address book 
window (general and advanced tab) and clicking OK, no ldap server has 
been added:

The server I tried to ADD IS:

Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
     Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
     Port: 389
     searchfilter: (objectclass=*)

It seems, that I'm doing something wrong.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards

[Ed Greshko]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to add a LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3, but after
> having added the server by File->New->LDAP server in the address book
> window (general and advanced tab) and clicking OK, no ldap server has
> been added:
>
> The server I tried to ADD IS:
> Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
> Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
> Port: 389
> searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
>
> It seems, that I'm doing something wrong.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

First of all, it seems to have worked for me.

While I did use:

Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
Port: 389
searchfilter: (objectclass=*)

I also specified a Name....I assume you did same.

The one thing that I question is...  Is this server supposed to be
accessible externally?  I ask this since when I connect to it via an
ldap browser I can only get a list of organizations under the baseDN and
can't seem to search deeper...

[Ed Greshko]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Joachim Backes wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried to add a LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3, but after
> > having added the server by File->New->LDAP server in the address book
> > window (general and advanced tab) and clicking OK, no ldap server has
> > been added:
> >
> > The server I tried to ADD IS:
> > Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
> > Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
> > Port: 389
> > searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
> >
> > It seems, that I'm doing something wrong.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
>
> First of all, it seems to have worked for me.
>
> While I did use:
>
> Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
> Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
> Port: 389
> searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
>
> I also specified a Name....I assume you did same.
>
> The one thing that I question is...  Is this server supposed to be
> accessible externally?  I ask this since when I connect to it via an
> ldap browser I can only get a list of organizations under the baseDN and
> can't seem to search deeper...

Correction....  I can search deeper....  My "default" search level was
set incorrectly....  :-)

[Joachim Backes]

On 10/02/2009 11:29 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
> > Joachim Backes wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried to add a LDAP directory server to thunderbird-3.0b3, but after
> > > having added the server by File->New->LDAP server in the address book
> > > window (general and advanced tab) and clicking OK, no ldap server has
> > > been added:
> > >
> > > The server I tried to ADD IS:
> > >  Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
> > >  Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
> > >  Port: 389
> > >  searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
> > >
> > > It seems, that I'm doing something wrong.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > First of all, it seems to have worked for me.
> >
> > While I did use:
> >
> > Hostname: ldap.pca.dfn.de
> > Base-DN: ou=DFN-PKI,o=DFN-Verein,c=de
> > Port: 389
> > searchfilter: (objectclass=*)
> >
> > I also specified a Name....I assume you did same.
> >
> > The one thing that I question is...  Is this server supposed to be
> > accessible externally?  I ask this since when I connect to it via an
> > ldap browser I can only get a list of organizations under the baseDN and
> > can't seem to search deeper...
>
> Correction....  I can search deeper....  My "default" search level was
> set incorrectly....  :-)

Hi, Ed,

having been successful! my mistake: I did not look in the tables of 
address books after having added the ldap directory to the address 
books. Searching addresses is OK! Thank you.

Kind regards

Joachim Backes