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| author | Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> | 2008-09-05 10:13:10 -0400 |
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| committer | Simo Sorce <idra@samba.org> | 2008-09-05 10:13:10 -0400 |
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diff --git a/ldb/web/index.html b/ldb/web/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26dd3445 --- /dev/null +++ b/ldb/web/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>ldb</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TEXT="#000000" VLINK="#292555" LINK="#292555" ALINK="#cc0033"> + +<h1>ldb</h1> + +ldb is a LDAP-like embedded database. It is not at all +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol">LDAP</a> +standards compliant, so if you want a standards compliant database then please +see the excellent <a href="http://www.openldap.org/">OpenLDAP</a> +project.<p> + +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.<p> + +ldb is the database engine used in Samba4. + +<h2>Features</h2> + +The main features that separate ldb from other solutions are: + +<ul> +<li>Safe multi-reader, multi-writer, using byte range locking +<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Application_Program_Interface">LDAP-like API</a> +<li>fast operation +<li>choice of local tdb or remote LDAP backends +<li>integration with <a href="http://talloc.samba.org">talloc</a> +<li>schema-less operation, for trivial setup +<li>modules for extensions (such as schema support) +<li>easy setup of indexes and attribute properties +<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Data_Interchange_Format">LDIF</a> for import/export +<li>ldbedit tool for database (via LDIF) editing (reminiscent of 'vipw') +</ul> + +<h2>Documentation</h2> + +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 <a +href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/ldb/include/ldb.h">ldb.h</a> +and the example code in the <a +href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/ldb/tools/">tools +directory</a>. Documentation in the same docbook format used by Samba +would be preferred. + +<h2>Discussion and bug reports</h2> + +ldb does not currently have its own mailing list or bug tracking +system. For now, please use the <a +href="https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-technical">samba-technical</a> +mailing list or the <a href="https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/ldb">ldb</a> +mailing list, and the <a href="http://bugzilla.samba.org/">Samba bugzilla</a> bug tracking system. + +<h2>Download</h2> + +You can download the latest release either via rsync or thtough git.<br> +<br> +To fetch via git see the following guide:<br> +<a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development">Using Git for Samba Development</a><br> +Once you have cloned the tree switch to the v4-0-test branch and cd into the source/lib/ldb directory.<br> +<br> +To fetch via rsync use these commands: + +<pre> + 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 . +</pre> + +and build in ldb. It will find the other libraries in the directory +above automatically. + +<hr> +<tiny> +<a href="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</a><br> +ldb AT tridgell.net +</tiny> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |