[Samba] LDAP Account Manager 0.5.rc2 released

[Roland Gruber]

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) 0.5.rc2 - August 18th, 2005
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A web frontend for managing accounts stored in an OpenLDAP directory.


Announcement:
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This is the second release candidate of LAM 0.5.

Blowfish encryption is no longer included in LAM because it caused
trouble and bad performance on many PHP installations. MCrypt is still
supported.

Please test this release and report any bugs to our bug tracker. The
more bugs you find the sooner we can release a stable version.

This is no stable release, do not use it in productive environments.

Thanks for your support.


Features:
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* new modular architecture
   -> possibility to create Unix-only accounts
   -> plugins for more object classes planned
   -> enhanced PDF output
   -> enhanced file upload
   -> enhanced editor for account profiles
   -> dynamic configuration options (based on modules)
* all pages in UTF-8
* added developer documentation
* PHPDoc formated comments
* new plugin for managing Kolab 2 accounts
* new plugin for managing MAC addresses
* new plugin for managing NIS mail aliases
* new plugin for managing mail routing with inetLocalMailRecipient
* schema browser
* tree view


Availability:
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This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.

You can get the newest version at http://lam.sf.net.

File formats: DEB, tar.gz

There is also a FreeBSD port.

Debian users may use the packages in unstable.


Support:
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If you find a bug please file a bug report. For questions or
implementing new features please use the forum and feature request
tracker at our Sourceforge homepage http://www.sf.net/projects/lam.



Author & Copyright:
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Copyright (C) 2003 - 2005:
Michael Duergner <michael at duergner.com>
Roland Gruber <post at rolandgruber.de>
Tilo Lutz <tilolutz at gmx.de>


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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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