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7/30/02

Task
27. Obtain and install the Open LDAP server from www.openldap.org.  It is not necessary to configure it to perform any tasks at this point. DO NOT get an RPM.  Get the actual ".tar.gz" file and compile it from scratch.

Steps Taken:
  1. I opened my browser to www.openldap.org and followed the links to download until I found a .tar.gz file - actually it was a ".tgz" file. I copied down the name of the link on a piece of paper and closed the browser.

  2. At the command line on air I su - ed to root (because when I tried it first as "airmeryll" my get was refused, so I figured out I needed root privileges to write the file into air.

  3. At the command line, I switched protocol to ftp and opened ftp.openlap.org. I logged in as anonymous and (as requested) provided my email address as the password.  I cd to the directory with the download file and then I ran a "get filename.tgz.

  4. The file downloaded successfully and it was written to the /root directory.

  5. I untarred the file with the following command:
    gzip -dc openldap-2.1.3.tgz | tar xvf -

  6. It created an openldap-2.1.3 directory with the following visible files:
    acconfig.h build configure.in include Makefile.in
    acinclude.m4 CHANGES contrib INSTALL README
    aclocal.m4 clients COPYRIGHT libraries servers
    ANNOUNCEMENT configure doc LICENSE tests
    The filenames written all in upper case are plain text files that provide information and instructions.

    The README file contains contact information and urls for further information such as system requirements
    The INSTALL file contains 8 steps of installation instructions, the first of which is to untar the file and change into the new directory.

  7. I'm confident that I could install LDAP but I'm wondering about whether or not I should.  There is apparently an LDAP already installed:
    /usr/share/doc/openldap12-1.2.13 Our disk usage is at 86% and I don't know if the new installation will over-write the version that apparently got installed as part of RedHat7.3. I'll make this decision Wednesday night when I see what our disk usage is then.  I'm leaning toward not installing it.