OpenLDAP on Linux for Apple Clients?

groovemaneuver asks: "I've managed to get a working OpenLDAP directory running on my network. Linux, Windows, and Apple boxes are all happily authenticating. I have imported the 'apple.schema' file to the LDAP server from one of my Macs, but I cannot seem to find any info on the proper syntax for the various apple schema attributes. Anyone have any idea where one could find this? This is the one obstacle keeping my network from having a single source of authentication, and I'm sure this info would be useful to more than just myself. Thanks!"

LDAP warning

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After 4 years of professional experience in running routers, general multipupose servers and all the way to full GNU desktops, I decided to try to install a LDAP server so everyone here can keep a joint company address book.

Bad idea

almost a year later this project is still not finished. I've prolly stumped into this once a month and spent a days reading and trying to figger out how to get the backend bootstrapped. No such luck.

I've completely dropped the idea of having LDAP as a database server because of this and I'm very disappointed because of it. In the end you can get the software everywhere, the user-howto's are sublimely stupid (open netscape and click "my addressbooK"), but there is no adequate support, help or whatever information about what to do when you have slapd running, but no data in there yet.

I've no time to dig into this deeper, but I think LDAP should be shot dead for this. I hope you don't fall into the same pifall I did.