Tony Earnshaw mailto:tonni@hetnet.nl wrote on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 7:47 AM:

pkoelle@gmail.com skrev, on 07-05-2007 16:57:

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I downloaded openldap-2.3.35.tgz now I have to add the back-ldap modules to my own installation under gentoo . How can I make it?

Rather than compiling your own modules from source and trying to insert them into a running system compiled from other source (which is generally a Bad Thing) you could try the steps below.

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If you don't have the "minimal" use flag set, back-ldap should be there, see the 2.3.35-r1 ebuild for details. Additionally, you have to uncomment the modulepath and moduleload directive for back_ldap.la in slapd.conf.

OP's asking how to stuff gained from an OpenLDAP tarball build into a patent Gentoo setup (Gentoo is derived from Debian, IIRC).

You're probably thinking of Ubuntu, Gentoo is closer to BSD than Debian but derived from neither.

The correct answer would be that it can't be done (by a novice). Alternatively that it *can* be done by someone who has no need to ask how.

However a novice could achieve it by building from source:

* Remove your distributions copy of OpenLDAP (emerge --unmerge openldap) * Build the entire thing from source (see http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/quickstart.html)

Also, if you wish to use 2.3.35 (with the back-ldap modules) on Gentoo, you may need to unmask the package (see http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-nds;name=openldap and http://gentoo-wiki.com/Masked).