[Samba] LDAP Account Manager 0.5.0 released

[Roland Gruber]

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) 0.5.0 - September 28th, 2005
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A web frontend for managing accounts stored in an OpenLDAP directory.


Announcement:
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This is the first stable release of the new LAM 0.5 branch.
It includes the new modular architecture which allows you to manage many
different account types.
LAM 0.5.0 can be used to create Unix-only accounts and there are several
new account types like Kolab 2 accounts.


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
* 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
* added developer documentation
* PHPDoc formated comments


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.
It may take some time until you can download the files from all mirrors.

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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