directory servers using various protocols such as LDAP or the CCSO white
pages directory system (PH/QI)
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@end copying
-@dircategory Emacs
+@dircategory Emacs network features
@direntry
-* EUDC: (eudc). An Emacs client for directory servers (LDAP, PH).
+* EUDC: (eudc). Emacs client for directory servers (LDAP, PH).
@end direntry
@footnotestyle end
@insertcopying
@end titlepage
+@contents
+
@ifnottex
@node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir)
+@top Emacs Unified Directory Client
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-
-This manual documents EUDC v1.30b, the Emacs Unified Directory Client.
-
-A common interface to directory servers using various protocols such as
-LDAP or the CCSO white pages directory system (PH/QI)
-
+@insertcopying
@end ifnottex
@menu
LDAP servers usually store (but are not limited to) information about
people such as their name, phone number, email address, office
location, etc@enddots{} More information about LDAP can be found at
-@url{http://www.openldap.org/}
+@url{http://www.openldap.org/}.
EUDC requires external support to access LDAP directory servers
(@pxref{LDAP Requirements})
@section CCSO PH/QI
The Central Computing Services Office (CCSO) of the University of
-Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) created and freely distributes a
-directory system that is currently in use in more than 300 organizations
-around the world. The system records information about people such as
-their address, phone number, email, academic information or any other
-details it was configured to.
+Illinois at Urbana Champaign created and freely distributed a
+directory system that was used by many organizations in the 1990s.
+The system records information about people such as their address,
+phone number, email, academic information or any other details it was
+configured to. Nowadays this system is not widely used.
The system consists of two parts: a database server traditionally called
-@samp{qi} and a command-line client called @samp{ph}.
-@url{ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/ph} is the main
-distribution site. @url{http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/ph/lookup?Query=.}
-provides a listing of the active @samp{qi} servers.
+@samp{qi} and a command-line client called @samp{ph}. As of 2010, the
+code can still be downloaded from @url{http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/ph/}.
The original command-line @samp{ph} client that comes with the
@samp{ph/qi} distribution provides additional features like the
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@section LDAP Requirements
-LDAP support is added by means of @file{ldap.el} which is part of Emacs.
+LDAP support is added by means of @file{ldap.el}, which is part of Emacs.
@file{ldap.el} needs an external command line utility named
-@file{ldapsearch} which is available as part of LDAP toolkits:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-Open LDAP Libraries
-(@url{http://www.openldap.org/})
-@item
-University of Michigan's LDAP Client software
-(@url{http://www.umich.edu/~dirsvcs/ldap/})
-@end itemize
+@file{ldapsearch}, available as part of Open LDAP
+(@url{http://www.openldap.org/}).
@node Usage, Credits, Installation, Top
@printindex vr
-@setchapternewpage odd
-@contents
@bye
-
-@ignore
- arch-tag: 1b79460b-4ea1-441d-ab45-05ddd16ef241
-@end ignore