The instructions below are now out of date. For access to the new institution's ldap server, see instructions on the RSS gridsite: here.


OLD: Setting up pine to use the ldap university servers as address books

Below are some instructions for setting up pine to use ldap.man.ac.uk and ldap.umist.ac.uk as addressbooks. This is how I set up my version of pine (4.44). Also see Shiv's University Address Book in Pine page.

  1. From Main Menu press S
  2. Press D
  3. Press A
  4. Setup as follows, and repeat steps for each Address book required.
Setup an University of Manchester Staff Search

ldap-server          = ldap.man.ac.uk                                           
search-base          = c=uk
port                 = <No Value Set: using "389">
nickname             = UoM Staff

Features             =
            Set    Feature Name
            ---  ----------------------
            [ ]  use-implicitly-from-composer
            [ ]  lookup-addrbook-contents
            [ ]  save-search-criteria-not-result
            [X]  disable-ad-hoc-space-substitution

search-type          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  name
            ( )  surname
            ( )  givenname
            ( )  email
            ( )  name-or-email
            ( )  surname-or-givenname
            ( )  sur-or-given-or-name-or-email

search-rule          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  contains
            ( )  equals
            (*)  begins-with
            ( )  ends-with

email-attribute      = <No Value Set: using "mail">
name-attribute       = fullName
surname-attribute    = <No Value Set: using "sn">
givenname-attribute  = <No Value Set: using "givenname">

timelimit            = 300
sizelimit            = <No Value Set: using "0">

custom-search-filter = (&(uid=*)(L=*)(sn=%s)(unimanccheckitem2=SID*))

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Setup an University of Manchester Student Search

ldap-server          = ldap.man.ac.uk                                           
search-base          = c=uk
port                 = <No Value Set: using "389">
nickname             = UoM Students

Features             =
            Set    Feature Name
            ---  ----------------------
            [ ]  use-implicitly-from-composer
            [ ]  lookup-addrbook-contents
            [ ]  save-search-criteria-not-result
            [X]  disable-ad-hoc-space-substitution

search-type          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  name
            ( )  surname
            ( )  givenname
            ( )  email
            ( )  name-or-email
            ( )  surname-or-givenname
            ( )  sur-or-given-or-name-or-email

search-rule          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  contains
            ( )  equals
            (*)  begins-with
            ( )  ends-with

email-attribute      = <No Value Set: using "mail">
name-attribute       = fullName
surname-attribute    = <No Value Set: using "sn">
givenname-attribute  = <No Value Set: using "givenname">

timelimit            = 300
sizelimit            = <No Value Set: using "0">

custom-search-filter = (&(uid=*)(L=*)(sn=%s)(unimanccheckitem2=LI*))

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Setup an UMIST Staff Search

ldap-server          = ldap.umist.ac.uk                                         
search-base          = o=UMIST, c=gb
port                 = <No Value Set: using "389">
nickname             = UMIST Staff

Features             =
            Set    Feature Name
            ---  ----------------------
            [ ]  use-implicitly-from-composer
            [ ]  lookup-addrbook-contents
            [ ]  save-search-criteria-not-result
            [X]  disable-ad-hoc-space-substitution

search-type          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  name
            ( )  surname
            ( )  givenname
            ( )  email
            ( )  name-or-email
            ( )  surname-or-givenname
            ( )  sur-or-given-or-name-or-email

search-rule          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  contains
            ( )  equals
            (*)  begins-with
            ( )  ends-with

email-attribute      = <No Value Set: using "mail">
name-attribute       = <No Value Set: using "cn">
surname-attribute    = <No Value Set: using "sn">
givenname-attribute  = <No Value Set: using "givenname">

timelimit            = 300
sizelimit            = <No Value Set: using "0">

custom-search-filter = (&(employeeType=Staff)(sn=%s))

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Setup an UMIST Postgrad Search

ldap-server          = ldap.umist.ac.uk                                         
search-base          = o=UMIST, c=gb
port                 = <No Value Set: using "389">
nickname             = UMIST Postgrads

Features             =
            Set    Feature Name
            ---  ----------------------
            [ ]  use-implicitly-from-composer
            [ ]  lookup-addrbook-contents
            [ ]  save-search-criteria-not-result  
            [X]  disable-ad-hoc-space-substitution

search-type          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  name
            ( )  surname
            ( )  givenname
            ( )  email
            ( )  name-or-email
            ( )  surname-or-givenname
            ( )  sur-or-given-or-name-or-email

search-rule          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  contains
            ( )  equals
            (*)  begins-with
            ( )  ends-with

email-attribute      = <No Value Set: using "mail">
name-attribute       = <No Value Set: using "cn">
surname-attribute    = <No Value Set: using "sn">
givenname-attribute  = <No Value Set: using "givenname">

timelimit            = 300
sizelimit            = <No Value Set: using "0">

custom-search-filter = (&(employeeType=PG)(sn=%s))

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Setup an UMIST Undergrad Search

ldap-server          = ldap.umist.ac.uk                                         
search-base          = o=UMIST, c=gb
port                 = <No Value Set: using "389">
nickname             = UMIST Undergrads

Features             =
            Set    Feature Name
            ---  ----------------------
            [ ]  use-implicitly-from-composer
            [ ]  lookup-addrbook-contents
            [ ]  save-search-criteria-not-result
            [X]  disable-ad-hoc-space-substitution

search-type          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            (*)  name
            ( )  surname
            ( )  givenname
            ( )  email
            ( )  name-or-email
            ( )  surname-or-givenname
            ( )  sur-or-given-or-name-or-email

search-rule          =
            Set    Rule Values
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  contains
            ( )  equals
            (*)  begins-with
            ( )  ends-with

email-attribute      = <No Value Set: using "mail">
name-attribute       = <No Value Set: using "cn">
surname-attribute    = <No Value Set: using "sn">
givenname-attribute  = <No Value Set: using "givenname">

timelimit            = 300
sizelimit            = <No Value Set: using "0">

custom-search-filter = (&(employeeType=UG)(sn=%s))

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