NAME
tklkup - A script to do LDAP directory lookups, edits, and displaying directory schema information.
SYNOPSIS
This script is used to lookup and edit information from a LDAP directory server. It is GUI based with several buttons for selecting directory servers, search bases, attributes and for enabling the Directory Schema Search window.
This script has been tested on Solaris, RedHat 7.3 Linux, Mandrake 6.5 Linux, ActiveState Perl 628 and 5.8.7, but should work with any system that has PERL and the required modules installed in it.
Execute tklkup -h to view the list of input options and their usage.
The SSL connection has been tested on Solaris, RedHat 7.3, and Mandrake 6.5 Linux. The SSL connection from a Microsoft Windows system is not available at this time. If the user has SSL on the Microsoft Windows system this can easily changed by modifying the tklkup program, in subroutine dirConn comment out the 6 lines of code that detects the platform type of MSWin32.
There are 2 files associated with the tklkup program in this tar file; dot.tklkup, and tklkup.
About the files.
- dot.tklkup
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dot.tklkup - This is the initialization file that should be put into each users home directory as .tklkup.
This file will have to be setup properly before the user can expect the tklkup script to work properly. The odds of this initialization file being setup correctly for anyone is ZERO. However the script can be run with this file to get a feel for how the script will look.
It allows the user to customize how tklkup will look and work for them. If the .tklkup files does not exist in a users home directory the program has a set of built-in defaults that it will use.
To be used this file must have user read permission.
There are 10 commands that can be used with this file;
binddn -> string value: Bind DN. followref -> no value needed. Setting this option will activate following referrals on entry modification. mwwidth -> numeric value: Default 600 main window width in pixels, user may need to adjust this. mwheight -> numeric value: Default is 430 main window height in pixels, user may need to adjust this. hand -> values: left or right. Defines where the attribute label box will be place. limit -> value: default is 100. Limits the number of search base(s) detected. port -> value: default is 389. User should set this to match their needs. nismapname -> Solaris Native LDAP uses nismapname to define the automounter directory branches. Default is to not use Solaris Native LDAP. Uncomment this line in the dot.tklkup file to enable this option. attribute -> attribute upon which the data search will be based. One attribute per line. There is one additional attribute that is always listed without any action by the user; Filter. This attribute allows the user to enter the I<COMPLETE> filter that will used to search for data. server -> name of the directory server that you wish to conduct the data search. One server per line. Each line can have one of two formats server: server name or server: server name: base The I<server: server name> format will try to use the root_dse function to define the base. It the root_dse returns the namingContexts attribute, that information will be use to determine the search base(s). If the root_dse returns undefined or has no namingContexts attribute, a null string will be the search base. In this case the user will have to define a search base in the server command of the .tklkup file. The I<server: server name: base> format will cause each of the defined servers to have it's own special initial search base and use this initial search base to find all of the other search bases. This is an attempt to do auto search base detection. Using this method has one I<draw back>, when changing to a different directory server there is a possible I<delay> on displaying the new server name and search base. This is due to the fact that TK and it's MainLoop() process are not multi-tasking. The new search base has to be acquired and setup before MainLoop() takes control of the process. Depending on the number of search bases this time period can be quite a few seconds. When switching between servers with the same base, the search base will I<not> be updated. This too can have a I<draw back> if there are new search bases in the new server but it saves time. None of this is a problem if all of your servers have the same DIT layouts. Just define them with the same search base, there should be little or no delay when switching to the new server.
Now a word about directory branch, or search base, detection.
There are many things that can prevent this function from working
properly. Several version 2 LDAP servers that this was tested
on required that you be bound to the server.
None of the version 3 LDAP servers required this.
If this function does not work for you, provide a bind DN and
password. The normal mode of operation for this function is an
anonymous bind situation.
Some of the ldap servers I worked with would never return the
information I expected, auto detection never functioned on these
systems.
There is one college ldap server on the Internet that has so
many bases that it takes over an hour to figure out all the
search bases. The only way the operator knows that the
script is still working is because search limit exceeded messages
are displayed on the console that initiated the tklkup script.
Who wants to wait a hour while the script figures this out.
If you decide to use auto search base detection you will just have
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tklkup
tklkup - PERL executable file.
You may need to change the first line of the PERL tklkup script to point to your file pathname of perl.
When executed tklkup will display a window on your computer. The graphical user interface, GUI, has several sections to it.
If tklkup is run on a HPUX, Sun, or Linux system the tklkup process will fork and run in background mode. If tklkup is run in debug mode or on a system that is not listed above it will NOT fork and will run in in foreground mode.
During initial program initialization a "splash" screen will be displayed telling the user what is going on. It is possible that the user will never see the splash screen if tklkup initializes quickly.
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Tklkup Menu Bar
At the top of the GUI is the main menu bar. It has 3 drop down menus; "Directory OPS", "Set Bind Credentials", and "Set DSA Port".
The DIRECTORY OPS button will activate a drop down menu that has 2 menu selections;
The EXPLORE ROOT DSE menu will attempt to obtain the root dse entry for the selected directory server. If the root dse entry is obtained a separate window will be displayed that will display the information obtained from the root dse entry. If the root dse entry can not be obtained then an error message window will be displayed. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-r.
The Set SSL menu will set parameters for a SSL ldap connection. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-s.
The Set NON-SSL menu will set parameters for a non-SSL ldap connection. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-n.
The Toggle LDAP Version menu will toggle the ldap version between version 2 and 3. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-l.
The Toggle Follow Referral menu will toggle the flag that determines whether a ldap modify follows a referral. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-f.
The Exit menu will exit the program. This menu has a "Hot" key, Ctrl-x.
The SET BIND CREDENTIALS button will activate a window that is separate from the main window. This menu has a "Hot" key, Alt-b.
The new window contains two buttons and two text boxes.
At the top of the window is a Cancel button, pressing this button will cancel the operation of setting the bind DN and password.
The DN text box is where the user will enter the DN to bind with. If the user has the binddn option in the .tklkup file, the binddn will be displayed in the DN text box.
The PASSWORD text box is where the user will enter the password for the DN. Star "*" will be shown for the characters as they are typed into the text box. If the user presses the return key after entering the password, this will set the bind DN and password and start the bind process.
At the bottom of the window is the Accept button, pressing this button will set the bind DN and the password. Pressing the accept button will cause the program to bind to the currently selected directory server.
Having both the dn and password fields blank and pressing the accept key will cause an anonymous bind to the directory.
The DIRECTORY PORT button will activate a window that is separate from the main window. This menu has a "Hot" key, Alt-p.
The new window contains two buttons, and one text box. If the user needs to change the TCP connection port, this is where it is done.
At the top of the window is a Cancel button, pressing this button will cancel the operation of setting the port number.
The text box is where the user will enter the port number to connect. Display in the text box is the current port number.
At the bottom of the window is the Accept button, pressing this button will set the port number. Changing the connection port number will NOT cause the program to issue a new connection to the directory server. The user must re-select or change to a new directory server.
EXIT PROGRAM button. Just below the main menu bar is the "Exit" button. When a mouse click is done on the "EXIT PROGRAM" button the program will terminate. This menu has a "Hot" key, Alt-e.
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Tklkup GUI
Just below the Menu Bar is a section of the GUI that is displayed at all time regardless of which panel is displayed.
The SELECT SERVER button will activate a drop down menu. From the menu the user will select the "RadioButton" that corresponds to the directory server the user wishes to use. When selected the "RadioButton" diamond will turn red in color. This menu is a designed to be a "tear off" menu, selecting the "---------------" line will cause the pull down menu to become a separate window that is still somewhat controlled by the GUI. The DIRECTORY SERVER text box will display the directory name that is selected. If the GUI is icon-ed or exited, the tear off window will follow the actions of the GUI. All other actions like moving or closing just the torn off window must be done by the user's window manager.
To the left of the SELECT SERVER button are two text labels; one for the LDAP version and one for the SSL connection type. These labels will display information about the selected LDAP version and SSL connection status.
At this point the tklkup GUI is made of five display and control panels; SEARCH, SEARCH DISPLAY, SCHEMA DATA, CREATE ENTRY, and INFO;
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SEARCH Panel
The SELECT BASE button will activate a Select Search Base window contains 2 buttons and a herical tree structure of the directory. At the top of the Select Search Base window is the CANCEL BASE CHANGE button. Pressing the button will cancel the search base change and will close, or withdraw, the window. At the bottom of the Select Search Base window is the ACCEPT BASE CHANGE button. Pressing the button will change the search base to the highlighted directory branch and will close, or withdraw, the window. In the middle of the Select Search Base window is the hierarchical list box where a tree type display of the directory branch structure will be displayed. The directory namingContext(s) form the base of the tree(s), to the left of each branch in the directory will be a small box with a + or - sign in it, if the box has a + in it, clicking on the box will expand the tree structure, if the box has a - in it, clicking on the box will collapse the tree structure.
To select a search base, click on a branch, which will highlight the branch, and press the ACCEPT BASE CHANGE button.
The SELECT ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES button will activate a drop down menu. From the menu the user will select the "RadioButton" that corresponds to the attribute the user wishes to use in the filter of the directory search. When selected the "RadioButton" diamond will turn red in color. This menu is a designed to be a "tear off" menu, selecting the "---------------" line will cause the pull down menu to become a separate window that is still somewhat controlled by the GUI. If the GUI is icon-ed or exited, the tear off window will follow the actions of the GUI. All other actions like moving or closing just the torn off window must be done by the user's window manager.
The SAVE FORMAT frame contains to check boxes. If checkbox XML is select, the SAVE TO and SAVE ALL TO buttons will save the select data in XML format. If checkbox LDIF is select, the SAVE TO and SAVE ALL TO buttons will save the select data in LDIF format.
Just under the SELECT BASE button is the hierarchical text box where the DN results of the directory search will be displayed. If there were valid results returned from the search a list of DN entry(s) will be displayed in the hierarchical list box. Selecting a DN will cause the five LDAP Action buttons to the left of the hierarchical text box to be put in the active state. It is with these 5 buttons that the user can select to view, rename, edit, save to a ldif file, or delete the corresponding DSA's directory data.
LDAP ACTION BUTTONS
DISPLAY - Will display the selected DN's information in the Directory Data text box that is located in the SEARCH DISPLAY panel. The SEARCH DISPLAY panel will be brought to the foreground of the GUI.
RENAME - Will display a MODDN INFORMATION window in which the user will input the needed information for modifying an entry's DN.
DELETE - Will cause the selected DN to be deleted from the directory. When this button has the focus, it's text will turn red, letting the user know to use caution with this button.
EDIT - Will cause a Entry Edit Display window with the corresponding entry data in it. It is from this window that the user can change directory data. This window is described in detail later in this document.
SAVE TO - Will cause the entry that is selected to be written to the file specified in the FILE NAME text box. The data format of this file will be whatever is selected in the SAVE FORMAT frame.
CANCEL - Will cancel the action request for the select DN.
SEARCH THE DIRECTORY button. At the bottom of the GUI is the "Search" button. When a mouse click is done on the "SEARCH THE DIRECTORY" button the program will execute a ldap search of the directory.
The FILTER DATA text box is where the user will enter the data to be searched for. The program will automatically put the beginning and ending parenthesis around the data. If the Filter attribute is selected this is where the COMPLETE filter is entered, the program will not modify this string in any way. If the user presses the Enter key while the FILTER DATA text box has the key board focus, a ldap search for the filter data will be executed. This action is the same as pressing the SEARCH THE DIRECTORY button.
The CLEAR FILTER DATA button will clear out the text that appears in the Attribute Data text box.
The SET FILTER CONDITION button will activate a drop down menu. From the menu the user will select the "RadioButton" that corresponds to the filter conditions the user wishes to use in the directory search. When selected the "RadioButton" diamond will turn red in color. This menu is a designed to be a "tear off" menu, selecting the "---------------" line will cause the pull down menu to become a separate window that is still somewhat controlled by the GUI. If the GUI is icon-ed or exited, the tear off window will follow the actions of the GUI. All other actions like moving or closing just the torn off window must be done by the user's window manager. The four filter conditions control how the search filter will be created. Just to the side of the SET FILTER CONDITION button is a text box that displays the filter condition that is selected.
SAVE ALL TO BUTTON
At the bottom of the SEARCH RESULTS panel is the SAVE ALL TO button, pressing this button will cause the previous search to be re-executed and all of the search results will be written to the file specified in the FILE NAME text box. The data format of this file will be whatever is selected in the SAVE FORMAT frame.
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SEARCH DISPLAY PANEL
The SEARCH DISPLAY is the panel where data for the selected DN is displayed. Data is displayed in the read only Directory Data text box. Associated with the Directory Data text box is the "RadioButton" that determines how often the data in the directory text box is cleared. If the "CheckButton" is selected, colored red, the directory data text box will be cleared out before each directory query. If the "CheckButton" is not selected the directory data text box will NOT be cleared out until the Clear Data button in clicked or the CLEAR DIRECTORY DATA ON EACH QUERY "RadioButton" is selected.
The Directory Data text box is where the results of the directory search will be displayed. With the cursor in the Directory Data text box you have access to additional functions when you depress the mouse "action" button. When the "action" mouse button is depressed a small text box with 4 additional functions will be displayed inside the Directory Data text box. These 4 functions are;
File -> This function exits the window. You can not edit
the Directory Data text box because it is created
as a read only text box.
Edit -> This function gives the user 3 additional functions;
Copy -> I do not know what this function does.
Select All -> Highlights/Selects all of the text in
the Directory Data text box.
Unselect All -> Unselects all of the text in
the Directory Data text box.
Select/Unselect are used in-conjunction with the
Copy function.
Search -> This function gives the user 4 additional
functions.
Find, Find Next, Find Previous -> These functions
find text in the Directory Data text box.
Replace -> This function allows you to replace the
text that is selected. However this is just
a fake replacement as you can not edit the
Directory Data text box because it is created
as a read only text box.
View -> This function gives the user 3 additional
functions.
Goto Line -> When selected will prompt the
user for a line number, the line number being
the line number the user wishes to see.
What Line -> When selected will tell the user
what line number the cursor is on.
Wrap -> When selected will prompt the user
to choose how to do line wrapping in the
Directory Data text box.The CLEAR DATA button will clear out the text that appears in the Directory Data text box.
JPEG Photo Display.
If the Tk::JPEG module is installed in the user's Perl system, when a jpegPhoto attribute is read a separate JPEG PHOTO DISPLAY window will be display. Inside this window will be the jpeg photo, a list box containing the DN of the entry, and a CLOSE WINDOW button.
If the Tk::JPEG module is NOT installed in the user's Perl system, nothing will be displayed for the jpegPhoto.
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MODDN INFORMATION WINDOW
The RENAME button will activate a window that is separate from the main window.
The new window contains two buttons, two text boxes and one checkbutton. The text boxes are initialized with data that corresponds the DN that was selected in the Search Results window. It is in these text boxes that the user will enter the data needed for the modrdn operation to take place.
At the top of the window is a Cancel button, pressing this button will cancel the operation of modifying the DN.
The Newrdn text box is where the user will enter the new RDN for the selected entry.
The Newsuperior RDN text box is where the user will enter the new superior RDN, or branch DN, for the selected entry.
At the bottom of the window is the Accept button, pressing this button will set the new RDN and the superior RDN.
The DELETE OLD RDN DATA check box controls whether the old entry information is deleted or not deleted. When the check box is selected, colored red, the old entry information will be deleted. This is the default action for this button. Unselecting the check box will cause the entry data to not be deleted.
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ENTRY EDIT DISPLAY Window.
It is from this window that the user can modify an entry's data. There can only be one of these windows active at a time. Attributes that contain binary information can NOT be modified with this program.
At the top of the window is the CANCEL ENTRY EDIT button. Pressing this button will cancel all pending data changes for this entry. It will also cause the window to be destroyed.
At the bottom of the window is the CHANGE DATA button. Pressing this button will cause all of the pending data changes to take place.
Just above the CHANGE DATA button is the ADD ATTRIBUTE button. Pressing this button gives the user the option of entering a new attribute name and value so that this information can be put into the entry.
In the middle of the window is the ENTRY DATA box. In this box is the all of the entry's current attributes along with their data.
Each line in the box is broken up into two parts; the attribute button and the attribute data list box. There is one attribute and data pair per line. Multi-valued attributes have one line per attribute value.
The first line in the ENTRY DATA box will be the DN of the entry. This line can not be edited.
To edit an attribute, press the button that has the attributes name on it. This will cause a ATTRIBUTE MODIFICATION window to be displayed. This window is described in detail later in this documentation.
When the user has finished making changes, press the CHANGE DATA button. This will start the process of making the change(s) in the LDAP directory. If any errors occur a error window will appear. After the error window is dismissed the ENTRY EDIT DISPLAY window will still be active. The user can at this point do what ever it takes to correct the problem.
If no errors occur the ENTRY EDIT DISPLAY window and the SEARCH RESULTS windows will be destroyed. This is due to the fact that the data in both windows is no longer valid. The user must research the LDAP directory to get the new updated information.
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ATTRIBUTE MODIFICATION Window.
It is from this window that the user can modify an attribute's data. There can only be one of these windows active at a time.
At the top of the window is the CANCEL ATTRIBUTE EDIT button. Pressing this button will cancel all pending data changes for this attribute. It will also cause the window to be destroyed.
At the bottom of the window is the ACCEPT DATA CHANGE button. Pressing this button will cause all of the current data changes to be put into the pending data change queue.
In the middle of the window is the attribute data text box. It is in this text box that the user will find the current data for the attribute the user selected. Depending on the operation the user wants to do the user can change the data or leave the data as is.
Below the attribute data text box are three buttons, ADD, DELETE, and REPLACE.
ADD operations.
If the user wishes to add a new value to an attribute; the user should enter the new data in the attribute data text box and then press the ADD button.
DELETE operations.
If the user wishes to delete the value from an attribute; the user should not bother the data in the attribute data text box and should press the DELETE button.
REPLACE operations.
The attribute value being replaced is a part of a multi-valued attribute, the new value will be added to the attribute, then the old value will be deleted. If the add operation has an error code, the delete part of this operation will not take place.
If the attribute value being replace is a single valued attribute this value will be replaced.
When the user done with the changes the user should press the ACCEPT DATA CHANGES button. This will move the data changes onto the pending data change queue and close the window.
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DIRECTORY DELETE CONFIRM WINDOW.
When the DELETE button is selected, before the actual deletion takes place, a window will be displayed with a Cancel and Accept buttons. This gives the user a fail safe in case the user selects the DELETE button by accident. Pressing the Cancel will cancel the delete request, pressing the Accept button will cause the directory entry to be deleted.
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SCHEMA DATA PANEL
This panel has schema information from a LDAP directory server. This data is retrieved, with in one second, upon connection to the selected directory server. This action takes place upon start up of the program or when a new directory server is selected.
Directory Schema Display Window Operation
When the SCHEMA DATA panel tab is pressed, the SCHEMA DATA panel is brought to the foreground of the GUI.
When the Write Data To File RadioButton is selected the LDAP Schema data will be written to the file listed in the text box below the RadioButton text. By selecting the DSML XML RadionButton, the data will be written to the file in XML format. Once the data has been written to the file a message will be written to the DIRECTORY SCHEMA DATA text box stating that the data has been written to a file and will list the file name. Upon completion of the schema dump operation the RadioButton and text in the file name text box will be reset. At the bottom of the GUI is the "Retrieve Directory Schema" button. When a mouse click is done on the "Retrieve Directory Schema" button the script will query the directory server for schema information and then write the information to the file.
Associated with the Directory Schema Data text box is a series of "CheckButtons" that determines what of the schema objects will be displayed. There are 9 Checkbuttons; ALL, objectClass, matchingRules, attributeTypes, ldapsyntaxes, nameforms, ditstructurerules, ditcontentrules, and matchingruleuse. If the "CheckButton" is selected, colored red, then schema objects of that type will be displayed in the Directory Schema Data text box. If the "CheckButton" is not selected, gray in color, then schema objects of this type will not be displayed in the Directory Schema Data text box. By default the ALL CheckButton is select.
The Directory Schema Data text box is where the results of the directory search will be displayed. With the cursor in the Directory Data text box you have access to additional functions when you depress the mouse "action" button. When the "action" mouse button is depressed a small text box with 4 additional functions will be displayed inside the Directory Data text box. These 4 functions are;
File -> This function exits the window. You can not edit
the Directory Data text box because it is created
as a read only text box.
Edit -> This function gives the user 3 additional functions;
Copy -> I do not know what this function does.
Select All -> Highlights/Selects all of the text in
the Directory Data text box.
Unselect All -> Unselects all of the text in
the Directory Data text box.
Select/Unselect are used in-conjunction with the
Copy function.
Search -> This function gives the user 4 additional
functions.
Find, Find Next, Find Previous -> These functions
find text in the Directory Data text box.
Replace -> This function allows you to replace the
text that is selected. However this is just
a fake replacement as you can not edit the
Directory Data text box because it is created
as a read only text box.
View -> This function gives the user 3 additional
functions.
Goto Line -> When selected will prompt the
user for a line number, the line number being
the line number the user wishes to see.
What Line -> When selected will tell the user
what line number the cursor is on.
Wrap -> When selected will prompt the user
to choose how to do line wrapping in the
Directory Data text box.The Clear Data button will clear out the text that appears in the Directory Schema Data text box.
The SHOW HIERARCHICAL OBJECTCLASS TREE will cause one of two windows to be displayed. For information about these windows see the HIERARCHICAL OBJECTCLASS section of the manual.
At the bottom of the GUI is the "Retrieve Directory Schema" button. When a mouse click is done on the "Retrieve Directory Schema" button the script will query the directory server for schema information.
HIERARCHICAL OBJECTCLASS Window
If no directory schema data has been obtained from the selected directory server a error message window will be displayed stating that no schema data is available.
If directory schema data has been obtained from the selected directory server a separate window will be displayed. The HIERARCHICAL OBJECTCLASS window has two list boxes and a CLOSE HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY WINDOW button. The CLOSE HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY WINDOW button will destroy the HIERARCHICAL OBJECTCLASS window. In one of the list boxes will be a hierarchical tree of all of the objectclasses obtained from the directory server. Doing a mouse button select on one of the objects in the tree will cause information about that objectclass branch to be displayed in the adjacent list box. The most superior ojectclass will be at the top of the listing, the leaf objectclass will be at the bottom of the listing. Each objectclass is separated by a dashed line. All information about each objectclass will be displayed in that objectclass's section.
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CREATE ENTRY PANEL
Entry creation or modification from LDIF.
The user can create and modify an entry from a LDIF file.
When the user presses the "CREATE/MODIFY ENTRY FROM LDIF FILE" button, the file listed in the "LDIF FILE NAME" text box will be used to create or modify the entries listed in the ldif formatted file.
Manual entry creation using the objectClass as a template.
In the MANUALLY CREATE ENTRY frame the user can manually create an entry using the objectClass list box as an entry template.
First thing the user should do is select the proper DN base from the SELECT DN BASE button. This will setup part of the entry's DN.
After selecting the DN base the user can find and select an objectclass, or objectclasses from the list of objectClass(s). When the user selects, by clicking the pointer on an objectClass, the objectclass will appear in the window to the left of the objectclass list. The superior objectclass(s) of the selected objectclass will also be displayed.
If the user adds a wrong objectclass, the user may remove the objectclass by clicking the button with the objectclass name in it. Only that class will be removed.
When the user is ready to create the entry, the user must click the "Create The Entry" button and a CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY window will be displayed. It is from the CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY window the the user will finish entering data for the new entry.
If the user selects the posixAccount or shadowAccount, the posixAccount, shadowAccount, and account objectclasses will be include in the objectclasses for the new entry.
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CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY WINDOW
At the top of the CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY window is the CANCEL CREATE ENTRY DISPLAY button. Pressing this button will cancel the entry creation process.
Just below the CANCEL CREATE ENTRY DISPLAY button is a series of information messages for the user about the Naming Attribute selection and DN base.
In the middle of the window is the actual data list box, it is in this list box that the user enters attribute information, selects the Naming Attribute, or sets up a DN.
The data list box is for all practical purposes divided into 4 sections.
The DN text field is where the user can edit the DN base or enter in a complete DN. If the user enters a complete DN the user should NOT select a Naming Attribute radionbutton.
Between the DN text field and the objectClass text fields will be all of the MUST attributes. The MUST attribute names will be colored red. These attributes must have information in them for the entry to be accepted into the directory.
The objectClass text fields are read only fields that list the objectClasses that will be used in the creation of the entry.
All attributes below the objectClass text fields are MAY attributes, the user does not have to supply information about these attributes unless the attribute is selected to be the Naming Attribute. If the attribute is selected to be the Naming Attribute it MUST have data associated with it.
The Naming Attribute radiobutton are used to select the attribute that will be used as the Naming Attribute. The Naming Attribute is used to complete the entry DN. The user does not have to use these buttons, but if one is selected, due to the nature of radiobuttons, one of them must be used as there is no way to deselect any of the radiobuttons.
At the bottom of the CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY window is the CREATE ENTRY button. Pressing this button will start the process of putting the new entry into the directory.
If during the actual creation of the entry there is an error detected, a error window will be displayed stating the error. Once the error is acknowledged, the user can correct the error and then re-click the CREATE ENTRY button will re-attempt to create the entry in the directory. The CREATE DIRECTORY ENTRY window will not be destroyed until either the user cancels the action or the entry is created in the directory.
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INFO PANEL
This panel is mainly for information.
The Process Messages text window is where process messages will be displayed. The messages are indicators of what is happening during the execution of the program. By selecting a line of text and moving the cursor up or down, the user can scroll through the messages.
This panel can be considered to be under construction.
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REQUIREMENTS
To use this program you will need the following.
At least PERL version 5.004. You can get a stable version of PERL from the following URL; http://cpan.org/src/index.html
Perl Tk800.022 module. You can get this from the following URL; ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Tk/
If you wish to display a jpegPhoto attribute then you will need the Perl Tk-JPEG-2.014 module. You can get this from the following URL; ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Tk/
Perl LDAP module. You can get this from the following URL; ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Net/
Perl Convert-ASN1 module. You can get this from the following URL; ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/Convert/
Depending on the modules loaded in your PERL system, you may need to load the following PERL module.
Perl Digest-MD5 module. You can get this from the following URL; ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/MD5/
Bundled inside each PERL module is instructions on how to install the module into your PERL system.
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INSTALLING THE SCRIPT
Install the tklkup script anywhere you wish, I suggest /usr/local/bin/tklkup.
Install the dot.tklkup file in each users home directory as .tklkup. It is possible to use a central copy and create a link in the user home directory to the central copy.
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Since the script is in PERL, feel free to modify it if it does not meet your needs. This is one of the main reasons I did it in PERL. If you make an addition to the code that you feel other individuals could use let me know about it. I may incorporate your code into my code.
AUTHOR
Clif Harden <charden@pobox.com> If you find any errors in the code please let me know at charden@pobox.com.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Clif Harden. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.