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

[Jens Vagelpohl]

> Sorry, I like a common look and feel.

that's a laudable goal by itself


> I have been looking at all the available LDAP clients, and they all 
> have
> their pro's and con's ( java, c, perl, python, web based, k or g).  
> Looking
> at LDAP itself, I can't explain why we need it since we have so many 
> things
> like it including Zope (or vice-versa depending on your point of view).

that last sentence does not make any sense. who is "we"? you can make 
such a statement if "we" is limited to yourself, but that statement 
definitely is not true if "we" is the zope user community as a whole.


> I been working on a comprehesive Linux Administration solution that 
> doesn't
> jump you around to 12 different interfaces to get you what you need,
> unfortunately, this proves to be almost impossible.  Most people write
> non-intuitive interfaces (myself included), so I have ended up with a
> montley crew of utilities that do - what I consider to be, 
> comprehensive
> Linux administration.

stuff like that is already around AFAIK. there's linuxconf and webmin, 
for example.


> Okay, no more complaining.  I need only zope to provide minimal 
> support for
> LDAP.  I guess that might include LDAP protocol, a port (389), and a 
> way to
> suggest to zope that a directory is really LDAP and that objects are 
> really
> LDAP objects.  And that's it. ( I make it sound easier than it is 
> right? ).

yes, you make it easier than it sounds. the big deal is not just 
opening a port and creating specialized "ldap directory" objects in 
zope. the big deal is implementing the protocol to talk to ldap clients.


jens