34127 - [MODULE] Implement "whois" (query mozilla.org LDAP server)

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Webtools Graveyard :: Mozbot, enhancement)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Implement a commmand, with which I can query the mozilla.org server for

information about a user.



To be ultra-convient, the server should know the usual IRC nickname of Mozilla

community members, so I can automate queries (add a command to my context menu,

auto-query on channel entrance of people I don't know or so).

mozilla.org's LDAP server will store a nickname, but it may not be identical to

my IRC nickname, although it propably will be in most cases. Dunno, if we should

create a new field "irc_nick".

Comment 1

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Taking this bug.  I'll be doing most of the LDAP-related tools work.

Comment 2

[Risto Kotalampi]

Are you also doing the server?

Comment 3

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

I'll be doing a bunch of the work on the architecture, at least.  Once I get
further along, you and I should probably sit down and figure out the best way to
proceed with it.  I'll let you know once I get to the point of thinking about
schemas and namespace, etc.  That's still a little ways off, as I'm worrying
about some interface concerns first.

Comment 4

[Risto Kotalampi]

Ok. I was just wondering because this is one of the next few week's main
projects on my list and how should we best make things work out. It seems that
we won't get this integrated into Netscape's internal LDAP soon so we have
freedom on choosing schemas and design ourselves. But let's get together
sometimes to see what should be done.

Comment 5

[Risto Kotalampi]

s/next few weeks/next few months/

Comment 6

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

Once the backend exists, feel free to reassign this to me with some pointers
so that I can create the mozbot2 module to do this.

Comment 7

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Reassigning, as I'm switching groups to work on browser integration of LDAP
full-time.

Comment 8

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

New QA.

Comment 9

[Jason Kersey]

have to comment to add myself to the cc.  sorry for the spam.

Comment 10

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

dawn: If you have no intention of ever implementing this, feel free to reassign
it to me.

Comment 11

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

I plan to do this after Mach V ships, so reassigning to [e-mail] would
also be ok.  However, if you (Hixie) wanna start hacking on this sooner, go nuts!

Comment 12

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

No, no, I wouldn't want to take all the fun away... :-)

Feel free to ask me any questions you might have about the mozbot API.

Comment 13

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Assigning bugs that I'm not actively working on back to nobody; use SearchForThis as a search term if you want to delete all related bugmail at once.

Comment 14

[:glob ✱]

Mozbot/Firebot is in maintenance-only mode; no further changes are planned.