[Zope] Dumb question: Can Zope be used as a LDAP server?

[Stephan Richter]

On Sunday 08 December 2002 09:43, Luca Olivetti wrote:
> Dirk Datzert wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> >
> > Zope is an application server, where you can run your own
> > LDAP-administration software.
> >
> > But the LDAP-Server is a standalone server which is not zope !
> >
> > You can bind users in zope against users in LDAP (with LDAPUserFolder)
> > but this did not mean that zope is a LDAP-Server.
>
> Yes, but imagine the opposite: that you have a contacts database in zope
> and want it to be useable by, say, mozilla or any other mail client that
> can query ldap servers for its address book.

Well, start an effort to write an LDAP server on top of Zope. LDAP is a 
complex protocol; I would be glad to see a Zope-based server. There is an 
LDAP server module for Twisted you might want to check out for a start.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
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