1OpenLDAP 2.5 README 2 For a description of what this distribution contains, see the 3 ANNOUNCEMENT file in this directory. For a description of 4 changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file in this 5 directory. 6 7 This is 2.5 release, it includes significant changes from prior 8 releases. 9 10REQUIRED SOFTWARE 11 Building OpenLDAP Software requires a number of software packages 12 to be preinstalled. Additional information regarding prerequisite 13 software can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide. 14 15 Base system (libraries and tools): 16 Standard C compiler (required) 17 Cyrus SASL 2.1.27+ (recommended) 18 OpenSSL 1.1.1+ (recommended) 19 libevent 2.1.8+ (recommended) 20 libargon2 or libsodium (recommended) 21 Reentrant POSIX REGEX software (required) 22 23 SLAPD: 24 The ARGON2 password hashing module requires either libargon2 25 or libsodium 26 LLOADD: 27 The LLOADD daemon or integrated slapd module requires 28 libevent 2.1.8 or later. 29 30 CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware: 31 Depends on package. See per package README. 32 33 34MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION 35 Please see the INSTALL file for basic instructions. More 36 detailed instructions can be found in the OpenLDAP Administrator's 37 Guide (see DOCUMENTATION section). 38 39 40DOCUMENTATION 41 The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide is available in the 42 guide.html file in the doc/guide/admin directory. The 43 guide and a number of other documents are available at 44 <http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/guide.html>. 45 46 The distribution also includes manual pages for most programs 47 and library APIs. See ldap(3) for details. 48 49 The OpenLDAP website is available and contains the latest LDAP 50 news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources, 51 etc.. It is located at <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/>. 52 53 The OpenLDAP Software FAQ is available at 54 <http://www.openldap.org/faq/>. 55 56 57SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS 58 OpenLDAP Software is user supported. If you have problems, please 59 review the OpenLDAP FAQ <http://www.openldap.org/faq/> and 60 archives of the OpenLDAP-software and OpenLDAP-bugs mailing lists 61 <http://www.openldap.org/lists/>. If you cannot find the answer, 62 please enquire on the OpenLDAP-software list. 63 64 Issues, such as bug reports, should be reported using our 65 Issue Tracking System <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/its/>. Do not 66 use this system for software enquiries. Please direct these 67 to an appropriate mailing list. 68 69 70CONTRIBUTING 71 See <http://www.openldap.org/devel/contributing.html> for 72 information regarding how to contribute code or documentation 73 to the OpenLDAP Project for inclusion in OpenLDAP Software. 74 While you are encouraged to coordinate and discuss the development 75 activities on the <openldap-devel@openldap.org> mailing list 76 prior to submission, it is noted that contributions must be 77 submitted using the Issue Tracking System 78 <http://www.openldap.org/its/> to be considered. 79 80--- 81 82This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>. 83 84Copyright 1998-2021 The OpenLDAP Foundation. 85All rights reserved. 86 87Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 88modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP 89Public License. 90 91A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the 92top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at 93<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>. 94 95OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. 96