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Message #1 by "kim" <lekim@b...> on Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:20:51 -0000
Does openLDAP for linux have the same restrictions/requirements as does 
iplannet LDAP v.4.1/5.0?  I scanned its website and did not see any such 
restrictions but not quite sure? :-)

> Well, of course they say it's experimental ;-)
> OpenLDAP comes from a bunch of Unix freaks. In their view, everything on
> windows is experimental and beta quality.
> Have you tried Apache on NT for instance? First you get a zillion warnings
> that it might not be as stable on NT as on 'the real stuff' and it's not
> well tested. Especially when you run it as a service. Well, I installed it,
> run 5 different instances of it on the same server, all running as a service
> for almost 2 years now. Without a single problem on the apache side ;-)
> 
> If the OpenLDAP port is at the same experimental level, I don't really care.
> Anyway, I'll try it out one of these weeks and let you know.
> 
> Geert Van Damme
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kim [mailto:lekim@b...]
> > Sent: woensdag 7 februari 2001 22:53
> > To: Pro_JavaServer_Pages
> > Subject: [pro_jsp] RE: LDAP
> >
> >
> > This is for Geert and David. From the openLDAP website, I got:
> >
> > "The Microsoft Windows NT port in OpenLDAP 1.x is experimental, incomplete
> > (SDK only), and not supported. "
> >
> > and:
> >
> > "A port of OpenLDAP 2.X-devel to Cygwin is also in the works. For
> > information, see: Porting to Cygwin"
> >
> > From the above info, It seems that the port to windows is still
> > experimental and will need some hacks to make it work. Can you explain
> > how, briefly?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> 

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