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On 03/13/2011 05:15 PM, Craig White wrote:

> Also, you don't actually 'import' an LDAP address book on each local
> computer because that would defeat its purpose, you would simply set up
> KAddressBook (i.e. Kontact) to use the LDAP just like it were a local
> database which would allow you to have read/write permissions (for some
> people anyway) which probably requires authentication. I have found
> KAddressBook quite a reasonable LDAP client application but to the
> uninitiated, it's painful because it doesn't generally provide useful
> errors (such as needing cn/givenName/sn attributes on new entries).
> 

  Does kaddressbook (or evolution or that matter) write to the ldap
database  - or is it read only ?

  If read - what client do your users use to create addressbook entries ?

  g