- Running Mode
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Runs either stand-alone (as single- or multi-threaded web server)
or as CGI-BIN script under the control of a web server.
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Highly configurable on a per-host basis.
- User Interface
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Comfortable web interface for unexperienced users.
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Efficient browsing in directory trees.
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Attributes containing DNs, URLs or mail addresses are shown as
links. DNs can be followed within web2ldap by simply
pressing a button.
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Trys to be friendly to all browsers. Tested with
Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera,
lynx, StarOffice, w3m.
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Free form filter search (LDAP filter expressions) for expert users.
- Many Output Formats
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HTML templates can be used for displaying LDAP entries.
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HTML header can be configured to include colors, background pictures
or logos.
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ID params in main HTML tags for using Cascaded Style Sheets (CSS).
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Printer-friendly HTML output of search results
based on a configurable HTML template string.
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Support for vCards - users of common browsers
can easily add entries to their local address books.
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Bulk downloading of directory data as LDIF.
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Downloading of binary attributes with appropriate mapping
to MIME types. MIME mapping can be configured browser-dependent.
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Aware of UTF-8 character encoding for retrieving/storing
non US-ASCII characters.
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DSML (XML for directory data) coming soon.
- Write Access
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Support for adding, modifying, deleting entries, deleting sub trees and
modifying the RDN of entries.
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Schema-aware to provide schema-matching input forms
for add/modify.
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Automatic search for missing parent entries if adding of an entry fails
(for reducing the same old boring questions on the mailing lists ;-).
- Security
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Smart login with automatic completion of bind DN.
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Support for generation of client-hashed passwords ({crypt}, {md5}, {sha}).
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Support for strong client authentication using X.509 certificates.
See the roadmap for features which will
be added in the future.
Feature requests can be made through the
feedback form.