diff --git a/lam/config/config.php b/lam/config/config.php
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+++ b/lam/config/config.php
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+<?php
+// Config supplies access to the configuration data.
+
+class Config {
+	// boolean: use SSL-connection?
+	var $SSL;
+	// string: hostname
+	var $Host;
+	// int: port number
+	var $Port;
+	// array of strings: users with admin rights
+	var $Admins;
+	// string: password to edit preferences
+	var $Passwd;
+	// string: language identifier
+//	var $Language 
+
+
+	// loads preferences from ../lam.conf
+	function Config() {
+		$this->reload();
+	}
+	
+	// reloads preferences from ../lam.conf
+	function reload() {
+		$conffile = "../lam.conf";
+		if (is_file($conffile) == True) {
+			$file = fopen($conffile, "r");
+			while (!feof($file)) {
+			$line = fgets($file, 1024);
+			if (($line == "\n")||($line[0] == "#")) continue;
+			if (substr($line, 0, 5) == "ssl: ") {
+				$this->SSL = substr($line, 5, strlen($line)-5);
+				continue;
+				}
+			if (substr($line, 0, 6) == "host: ") {
+				$this->Host = substr($line, 6, strlen($line)-6);
+				continue;
+				}
+			if (substr($line, 0, 6) == "port: ") {
+				$this->Port = substr($line, 6, strlen($line)-6);
+				continue;
+				}
+			if (substr($line, 0, 8) == "passwd: ") {
+				$this->Passwd = substr($line, 8, strlen($line)-8);
+				continue;
+				}
+			if (substr($line, 0, 8) == "admins: ") {
+				$adminstr = substr($line, 8, strlen($line)-8);
+				$this->Admins = explode(";", $adminstr);
+				continue;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			echo _("Unable to load lam.conf!"); echo "</br>";
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// saves preferences to ../lam.conf
+	function save() {
+	// save configs...
+	}
+	
+	// used by configuration wizard to save new preferences
+	function input() {
+	if (is_numeric($Port) && $Host!="" && $Admins!="") {
+		$this->SSL = $SSL;
+		$this->Host = $Host;
+		$this->Port = $Port;
+		$this->Admins = $Admins;
+		$this->Passwd = $Passwd;
+		$this->save();	
+	}
+	else echo _("Portnumber must be a number!");
+	}
+	
+	// prints current preferences
+	function printconf() {
+		echo _("SSL: " ); echo $this->SSL; echo "</br>";
+		echo _("Host: "); echo $this->Host; echo "</br>";
+		echo _("Port: "); echo $this->Port; echo "</br>";
+		echo _("Passwd: "); echo $this->Passwd; echo "</br>";
+		echo _("Admins: "); for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($this->Admins); $i++) { echo $this->Admins[$i]; echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"; }
+	}
+	
+	function get_SSL() {
+		return $this->SSL;
+	}
+	
+	function set_SSL($value) {
+		if (is_bool($value)) $this->SSL = $value;
+	}
+	
+	function get_Host() {
+		return $this->Host;
+	}
+	
+	function set_Host($value) {
+		if (is_string($value)) $this->Host = $value;
+	}
+	
+	function get_Port() {
+		return $this->Port;
+	}
+	
+	function set_Port($value) {
+		if (is_numeric($value)) $this->Port = $value;
+	}
+	
+	function get_Admins() {
+		return $this->Admins;
+	}
+	
+	function set_Admins($value) {
+		if (is_array($value)) {
+			$b = true;
+			for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($value); $i++){
+				if (is_string($value[$i]) == false) {
+					$b = false;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if ($b) $this->Admins = $value;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	function get_Passwd() {
+		return $this->Passwd;
+	}
+	
+	function set_Passwd($value) {
+		if (is_string($value)) $this->Passwd = $value;
+	}
+	
+/*	function get_Language() {
+		return $this->Language;
+	}
+	
+	function set_Language($value) {
+		$this->Language = $value;
+	}
+*/	
+	
+	}
diff --git a/lam/lam.conf b/lam/lam.conf
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+# LDAP Account Manager configuration 
+
+# hostname of LDAP server (e.g localhost)
+host: localhost
+
+# portnumber of LDAP server (default 389)
+port: 389
+
+# use SSL to connect, can be True or False
+ssl: False
+
+# list of users who are allowed to use LDAP Account Manager
+# names have to be seperated by semicolons
+admins: cn=admin,o=test,c=de;uid=testuser,o=test,c=de
+
+# password to change these preferences via webfrontend
+passwd: lam
+