[Evolution] GAL doesn't work at all

Anders Näslund Anders.Naslund at connecta.se
Mon May 16 06:50:40 EDT 2005


Is there a particular reason You are using LDAP and not the Exchange
server for this??


/A



mån 2005-05-16 klockan 13:43 +0300 skrev regatta:

> Ok here what I did
> 
> when I ran /usr/libexec/evolution/2.2/evolution-exchange-storage ( I
> have 2.2 ) I got :
> 
> Evolution Exchange Storage up and running
> ** (evolution-exchange-storage:15243): WARNING **: LDAP authentication
> failed (0x51)
> 
> 
> 
> now when I go to the LDAP server properties and change the port to 636
> and click ok and go back I find it change it to 389 !!! , I put "Use
> secure connection" to always but it the same so I went to gconf and
> change it there but I still can't access LDAP or GAL
> 
> anyway what I have in Mozilla Address Book (which it works fine with
> the LDAP and I can download all the address)
> 
> hostname : ldap.*****.com
> BaseDN= o=internet
> Port: 636
> Bind DN:     (nothing)
> use secure connection (SSL): yes
> 
> now if I try to download the cards in mozilla it will ask me for user
> name and password (which is the same password for my email) and it
> will start downloading the cards
> 
> I tried this in evolution but it doesn't ask for password and it doesn't work
> 
> 
> is the authentication LDAP not supported yet ?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/16/05, Sushma Rai <rsushma at novell.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > now I can see my calender and my tasks and also my contact (Thanks
> > > alot), it was a migration bug
> > 
> > File a bug on connector component on migration issue.
> > 
> > > but as soon as I click in "Global Address List" it will display this message
> > >
> > > Error loading addressbook.
> > > We were unable to open this addressbook.  This either means you have
> > > entered an incorrect URI, or the server is unreachable.
> > >
> > > also when I t add LDAP account and try to access it it will display
> > >
> > > We were unable to open this addressbook.  This either means you have
> > > entered an incorrect URI, or the LDAP server is unreachable.
> > >
> > >
> > So both Exchange GAL and LDAP address books are not working for you?
> > Can you run evolution-exchange-storage process in separate console and
> > look for the error messages.
> > 
> > (you need to first run
> > <your-install-prefix>/libexec/evolution/2.4/evolution-exchange-storage
> > and then run Evolution as <your-install-prefix>/bin/evolution-2.4)
> > 
> > -Sushma.
> > 
> 
> 
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