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| 992.1 | | a-113.tunnel.crl.dec.com::FORTY2::PALKA | Andrew Palka Altavista Directory | Tue Apr 01 1997 11:14 | 12 |
| There is no problem using X.500 for such things. It is one of the
uses that was foreseen. You may find that the standard object classes
expect to use OSI addresses etc. for printers, so you may have to
customise the schema to create suitable attributes and classes.
AltaVista Directory does not currently let you customise the schema
(though you could work around it by using the existing schema
creatively). The X.500 product (Unix and VMS) does allow schema
customisation, but offers DAP access only so you may find it harder
to write the code to access the directory.
Andrew
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| 992.2 | Printers are good use for X.500 | GOBUCS::COOLEY | Megan and Michelle's Daddy | Tue Apr 01 1997 16:53 | 26 |
| Hi,
On the Lockheed Martin project, we're planning on setting up a branch
of the X.500 tree for "resources", which would include conference
rooms, group numbers, and printers. We will customize the schema
to include attributes for these objects. (I have yet to work on
directory project that did not require some schema custimization).
At the moment, we're just concentrating on "People" with feeds from
HR and email systems via XDSU, so the printers and other resources are a
future for now. We still would need how to work out the data source and
how it would be used. (Most likely a web accessible thing) But, LM is
excited about having a central directory for these things. Wouldn't it
be nice at Digital to have a central directory for these kinds of things?
(To schedule a conference room go to http:/....dec.com/conferencerooms...)
(To find a printer go to http:/....dec.com/printers/)
Re: -1 Just to clarify
>The X.500 product (Unix and VMS) does allow schema customisation,
> but offers DAP access only so you may find it harder ...
Digital UNIX does allow LDAP access. It's only OpenVMS that doesn't.
Regards,
Warren
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| 992.3 | | a-105.tunnel.crl.dec.com::FORTY2::PALKA | Andrew Palka Altavista Directory | Wed Apr 02 1997 09:53 | 6 |
| To clarify .2
You can use Infobroker on Unix to get LDAP access to the directory.
This may introduce more problems than it solves.
Andrew
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| 992.4 | This data would be very useful for Lockheed | GOBUCS::COOLEY | Megan and Michelle's Daddy | Wed Apr 02 1997 17:44 | 7 |
| > You can use Infobroker on Unix to get LDAP access to the directory.
> This may introduce more problems than it solves.
Are the infobroker limitations quantifiable? Is so what are they?
Regards,
Warren
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| 992.5 | | a-103.tunnel.crl.dec.com::FORTY2::PALKA | Andrew Palka Altavista Directory | Thu Apr 03 1997 10:26 | 10 |
| Infobroker is taking up a large amount of our support load.
Common symptoms are hangs, crashes, excessive resource use.
We dont have a fix for these yet. It either works for people
or is almost unusable.
No doubt these problems will be solved - there are some people
here who are busy learning more about infobroker than they
really want to!
Andrew
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