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Scott Balmos wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have been reading the documentation on how to use LDAP for making 
> dynamic subscriptions to lists. I have a few questions.
>
> 1) In the archives from sometime in 2001, when LDAP use was being 
> considered, it was stated that pulling subscription lists from SQL, 
> and then using LDAP to pull the email addresses for those subscribers, 
> was impossible. I am wondering if anything has changed?

Oooh ! Yes nearly all this part has changed.

> 2) Is it possible to pull dynamic subscriptions from *both* LDAP and 
> SQL for a list? In my intended setup, the subscribers to a list that 
> should have posting rights are in LDAP, while ones that are read-only 
> observers are in SQL.

Yes it is possible to make a single list using all kind of external data 
source and also to mixe that way to collect list member email and manual 
ADD DEL SUB SIG. All you need is to configure your list with 
"user_data_source include2"

> 3) If I pull dynamic subscriptions from LDAP, where or how do I define 
> in an LDAP entry what posting rights that person has? For SQL, it's 
> easy, because it's just another field in an SQL record. But I'm unsure 
> how that would happen in LDAP. Ideas?

From LDAP Sympa can fetch user attributes but rights like posting right 
are defined in Sympa itself in files named "scenario". Basically you 
will probably use "send.private" scenario that accept message only from 
list members and you will define the members a LDAP filter based on any 
kind of user attributes. But if you need somme members to be able to 
send messages and some others not, the will need "search filters" and 
make your own scenario.  All of this is standard Sympa features but you 
need to investigate in the reference manual.

Serge Aumont

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