From 230e7a2cba02f04aa5b5a595b0ce56face501f43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Gruber Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:12:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated Readme --- lam/README | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/lam/README b/lam/README index 05e6bfdc..026abaec 100644 --- a/lam/README +++ b/lam/README @@ -2,56 +2,44 @@ LAM - Readme ============ - A set of PHP-scripts to administrate Unix and Samba accounts in an LDAP server. - LAM runs on any webserver with PHP4 support and connects to your LDAP server - unencrypted or via SSL. - The application manages accounts for users, groups and Samba hosts in - multiple organizational units. LAM supports the Samba 2.x schema and the - Samba 3 schema. + LDAP Account Manager (LAM) manages user, group and host accounts in an LDAP + directory. LAM runs on any webserver with PHP4/5 support and connects to your + LDAP server unencrypted or via SSL/TLS. + Currently LAM supports these account types: Samba 2 and 3, Unix, Kolab 2, + address book entries, NIS mail aliases and MAC addresses. There is a tree + viewer included to allow access to the raw LDAP attributes. You can use + templates for account creation and use multiple configuration profiles. + LAM is translated to Catalan, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, + Spanish and Japanese. http://sourceforge.net/projects/lam/ - Copyright (C) 2003 - 2004 Michael Duergner + Copyright (C) 2003 - 2005 Michael Duergner Roland Gruber Tilo Lutz - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA - Requirements: - PHP4 + PHP4/5 Openldap (2.0 or greater) A web-browser that supports CSS (Netscape 4.x is not recommended) Summary: With LAM you can easily manage user, group and machine accounts stored in - a LDAP server over a web interface. At the moment it supports: + an LDAP directory over a web interface. At the moment it supports: - - displaying the user/group/host/domain entries - - deleting entries - - adding new entries - - editing entries + - managing user/group/host/domain entries - filtering and sorting - account profiles - - access management - multiple configuration profiles + - tree viwer + - schema browser - OU Editor - account creation via file upload - - Samba 2 and 3 schema support + - PDF export for all accounts + - manage user/group Quota and create home directories Important: - The standard password to edit the configuration options is "lam". + The default password to edit the configuration options is "lam". Download: You can get the newest version at http://sourceforge.net/projects/lam/ @@ -70,12 +58,16 @@ LAM - Readme Security: It is strongly recommended to use a SSL connection to your web server. - LAM needs to store your LDAP username + password in the session. The session + LAM needs to store your LDAP user name + password in the session. The session files are saved in sess/ and are accessible only by the web server. To increase security username and password are encrypted with MCrypt/AES or Blowfish. The key and IV are generated at random when you log in. They are stored in two cookies. + License: + LAM is published under the GNU General Public License. + The comlete list of licenses can be found in the copyright file. + Have fun! The LAM devel team