More about Directory Server and OpenDS Margin Notes

Saturday Sep 20, 2008

Software Freedom Day 2008 Logo borrowed from softwarefreedom.org Download OpenDS LDAP directory server

For SFD 2008 I tried explaining the whole free software idea to my son, Tim. When I showed him all the free software in the list of add ons for Ubuntu, he noticed immediately that there are lots of games available. At that point he quit listening, selected every package in the games category, and basically choked off my connection. He was celebrating free software by leaving YouTube on, simultaneously downloading probably every game from Debian, and watching TV instead.

I started out on a bug hunt in OpenDS, but got sidetracked after running into the same issue that Ludo and Daniel are addressing through issue 3489.

The latest promoted build seems to install fine through Java WebStart with the defaults and 2000 generated entries, however.

OpenDS Status Panel

What sidetracked me were doc issues left to opends_unassigned. There is some low hanging fruit there for folks who want to get involved gently in the OpenDS project. You can fix open Wiki issues without getting committer access. All you need to do is join the java.net community, join the OpenDS Wiki, and pick an issue that you can handle.

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