From 3e2c696e45b24b0192ab7b1ddaf1dd4d79571609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Tridgell Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:49:04 +0000 Subject: r18866: Jeremy and Volker have given the go-ahead on the group mapping ldb code. Yay! This first commit copies lib/ldb/ from Samba4. A huge congratulations should go to Simo on this - he has put an enormous amount of work into ldb, and it's great to see it go into the Samba3 tree. (This used to be commit bbedf2e34315f5c420a3a05dfe22b1d5cf79f042) --- source3/lib/ldb/web/index.html | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source3/lib/ldb/web/index.html (limited to 'source3/lib/ldb/web') diff --git a/source3/lib/ldb/web/index.html b/source3/lib/ldb/web/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2715a0d8bd --- /dev/null +++ b/source3/lib/ldb/web/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ + + + +ldb + + + +

ldb

+ +ldb is a LDAP-like embedded database. It is not at all LDAP standards +compliant, so if you want a standards compliant database then please +see the excellent OpenLDAP +project.

+ +What ldb does is provide a fast database with an LDAP-like API +designed to be used within an application. In some ways it can be seen +as a intermediate solution between key-value pair databases and a real +LDAP database.

+ +ldb is the database engine used in Samba4. + +

Features

+ +The main features that separate ldb from other solutions are: + +

Safe multi-reader, multi-writer, using byte range locking +
LDAP-like API +
fast operation +
choice of local tdb or remote LDAP backends +
integration with talloc +
schema-less operation, for trivial setup +
modules for extensions (such as schema support) +
easy setup of indexes and attribute properties +
ldbedit tool for database editing (reminiscent of 'vipw') +
ldif for import/export +

+ +

Documentation

+ +Currently ldb is completely lacking in programmer or user +documentation. This is your opportunity to make a contribution! Start +with the public functions declared in ldb.h +and the example code in the tools +directory. Documentation in the same docbook format used by Samba +would be preferred. + +

Discussion and bug reports

+ +ldb does not currently have its own mailing list or bug tracking +system. For now, please use the samba-technical +mailing list, and the Samba +bugzilla bug tracking system. + +

Download

+ +You can download the latest release either via rsync or anonymous +svn. To fetch via svn use the following commands: + +

+  svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/ldb ldb
+  svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/tdb tdb
+  svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/talloc talloc
+  svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/replace libreplace
+

+ +To fetch via rsync use these commands: + +

+  rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/ldb .
+  rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/tdb .
+  rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/talloc .
+  rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/libreplace .
+

+ +and build in ldb. It will find the other libraries in the directory +above automatically. + +

+ +Andrew Tridgell
+ldb AT tridgell.net + + + + -- cgit