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For a description of what this distribution contains, see the
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ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of
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changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this
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This is 2.4 release, it includes significant changes from prior
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Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages
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to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite
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software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.
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Base system (libraries and tools):
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Standard C compiler (required)
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Cyrus SASL 2.1.21+ (recommended)
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OpenSSL 0.9.7+ (recommended)
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POSIX REGEX software (required)
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BDB and HDB backends require Oracle Berkeley DB 4.2, 4.4,
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4.5, or 4.6. It is highly recommended to apply the patches
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from Oracle for a given release.
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Depends on package. See per package README.
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MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
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Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More
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detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Admnistrator's
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Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section).
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The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the
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guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The
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guide and a number of other documents are available at
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<http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/guide.html>.
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The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs
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and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details.
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The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP
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news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
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etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>.
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The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at
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<http://www.openldap.org/faq/>.
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SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
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OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please
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review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and
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archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists
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<http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer,
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please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list.
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Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our our
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Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not
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use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these
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to an appropriate mailing list.
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See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for
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information regarding how to contribute code or documentation
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to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software.
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While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development
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activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list
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prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be
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submitted using the Issue Tracking System
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<http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered.
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$OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/README,v 1.40.2.7 2008/02/11 23:26:37 kurt Exp $
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This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
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Copyright 1998-2008 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
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A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
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top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
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<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
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OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.