59038 - LDAP replication / sync

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Address Book & Contacts, enhancement, P1)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

LDAP replication - sync LDAP database with local AB. This bug tracks only the
server -> client copy - bug 17884 tracks a real sync, i.e. client -> server,
i.e. updating the server with info enter in the local AB.

It should be possible to leverage the ABsync code we have (originally written
for AB <-> Netcenter sync).

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

ops

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

To describe this a bit more detailed:
This bug is about copying entries from an LDAP server to the local address book.
It would enable manual lookup of address data in the Mozilla address book
application and autocompletion in the mail composer.
The scalability would be limited to that of Mork, the database for the Mozilla
address book, which lies somewhere over 1000 records IIRC. The LDAP sync should
offer a filter/query, so the records copied are limited and specfic (e.g. if you
are working for a multi-national corporation with 50.000 employees, you could
copy only the records for your country).

Comment 3

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Another way to approach this would be to implement an LDAP search UI, and then
allow entries to be dragged (perhaps en masse) to the address book.

Comment 4

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

dmose, wouldn't that be bug 17879?

Comment 5

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Ah, right you are.

Comment 6

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Getting schizophrenic: Moving all bugs for Beonex <http://www.beonex.com> to my
second Bugzilla identity <[e-mail]>.

Comment 7

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Giving away bug until I *know* that I will work on it.

Comment 8

[chris hofmann]

bugs owned by nobody are unlikely to get fixed in 0.9.1.
removing tm...

Comment 9

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

Attachment: Lines aren't wrapped properly.

Comment 10

[石庭豐 (Seak, Teng-Fong)]

Oops, sorry, everybody, image attached to the wrong bug.

Comment 11

[Hong Kwon]

reassigning owner and adding ccs

Comment 12

[esther]

per prd, marking nsbeta1.  Target milestone needs to be updated.

Comment 13

[scottputterman]

reassigning to rdayal.

Comment 14

[Rajiv Dayal]

Please see the design document at :

http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/arch/LDAP_replication2.html

The decision made is to implement the Change Log protocol. 

Implementation can be done by either modifying the existing nsabldapdirectory...
classes or implementing new classes. Decision has been made to implement new
classes for ldap replication to keep the code cleaner and easier to debug as
well as for code re-usability in future for implementing LCUP or any other
replication protocol.

Comment 15

[Rajiv Dayal]

Implementation will be done in two parts, replicating all entries on to a local
addressbook Mork DB file (tracking bug # 128086) and replicating the changes
since the last update implementing the change log protocol (tracking bug # 128087).

Comment 16

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Adding myself.

Should bug 128087 be a blocker for this bug?

Comment 17

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Both the replication patches have been checked in; this bug is fixed.

Comment 18

[yulian chang]

Verified