Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 14:56, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> >> Patrick Laimbock wrote: >> >>> On 28-08-18 17:51, Alicia Smith wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I just joined this mailing list, so I apologize in advance if this >>>> topic has already been covered. >>>> >>>> Red Hat and Suse announced they are no longer supporting OpenLDAP >>>> in future releases. >>>> https://www.ostechnix.com/redhat-and-suse-announced-to- >>>> withdraw-support-for-openldap/ >>>> >>>> However, we mainly use CentOS and while it's a RH derivative, I >>>> wanted to find out what CentOS plans on doing in this regard. Will >>>> you continue to include OpenLDAP or will it simply be removed? >>> >>>> I wasn't able to find any CentOS related articles in response to >>>> this, and the only thing I did find that said CentOS hasn't released >>>> whether they will continue to support it or not is from two years >>>> ago? >>>> >>>> https://daasi.de/en/2017/09/25/red-hat-wont-continue-openldap-suppo >>>> rt-r hel-8-daasi-international-supports-migration/ >>>> >>>> Any updates/feedback/information is appreciated :) >>>> >>>> >>> In addition to Johnny's feedback, here's my 2 cents. On the OpenLDAP >>> mailing list users with problems with RHEL/CentOS provided OpenLDAP >>> have been advised for years to use the latest OpenLDAP RPMs from >>> https://ltb-project.org/ or from https://symas.com which also >>> provides paid support. The OpenLDAP version included in RHEL 7 (and >>> thus CentOS 7) is 2.4.44 which is missing a ton of fixes compared to >>> upstream's latest release. >>> >>> tl;dr use the latest RPMs from the LTB Project or Hymas. >>> >> Ok, problem for me: all our servers and workstation are connected to >> the AD. If I need to check on something, I'll run ldapsearch, which is >> from openldap-clients. Is there any advice of what we're supposed to use >> instead? > > First off, you have years to figure it out. While it is "deprecated" > in RHEL-7.5, that just means that the next major (not minor) release will > not have it. > > Second there is an ldapsearch in 389. It is 'buried' at the moment > because it would conflict with the shipped one and I don't know if it will > move: > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/8.2 > /html/Administration_Guide/Examples-of-common-ldapsearches.html *snicker* So, alternatives->? mark