<h1>ldb</h1>
-ldb is a LDAP-like embedded database. It is not at all LDAP standards
-complient, so if you want a standards complient database then please
+ldb is a LDAP-like embedded database. It is not at all
+<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol">LDAP</a>
+standards compliant, so if you want a standards compliant database then please
see the excellent <a href="http://www.openldap.org/">OpenLDAP</a>
project.<p>
<ul>
<li>Safe multi-reader, multi-writer, using byte range locking
-<li>LDAP-like API
+<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Application_Program_Interface">LDAP-like API</a>
<li>fast operation
<li>choice of local tdb or remote LDAP backends
<li>integration with <a href="http://talloc.samba.org">talloc</a>
<li>schema-less operation, for trivial setup
<li>modules for extensions (such as schema support)
<li>easy setup of indexes and attribute properties
-<li>ldbedit tool for database editing (reminiscent of 'vipw')
-<li>ldif for import/export
+<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Data_Interchange_Format">LDIF</a> for import/export
+<li>ldbedit tool for database (via LDIF) editing (reminiscent of 'vipw')
</ul>
<h2>Documentation</h2>
Currently ldb is completely lacking in programmer or user
documentation. This is your opportunity to make a contribution! Start
with the public functions declared in <a
-href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/samba4/source/lib/ldb/include/ldb.h">ldb.h</a>
+href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/ldb/include/ldb.h">ldb.h</a>
and the example code in the <a
-href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/samba4/source/lib/ldb/tools/">tools
+href="http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/ldb/tools/">tools
directory</a>. Documentation in the same docbook format used by Samba
would be preferred.
ldb does not currently have its own mailing list or bug tracking
system. For now, please use the <a
href="https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-technical">samba-technical</a>
-mailing list, and the <a href="http://bugzilla.samba.org/">Samba
-bugzilla</a> bug tracking system.
+mailing list or the <a href="https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/ldb">ldb</a>
+mailing list, and the <a href="http://bugzilla.samba.org/">Samba bugzilla</a> bug tracking system.
<h2>Download</h2>
-You can download the latest release either via rsync or anonymous
-svn. To fetch via svn use the following commands:
-
-<pre>
- svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/ldb ldb
- svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/tdb tdb
- svn co svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/lib/talloc talloc
-</pre>
-
+You can download the latest release either via rsync or thtough git.<br>
+<br>
+To fetch via git see the following guide:<br>
+<a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Using_Git_for_Samba_Development">Using Git for Samba Development</a><br>
+Once you have cloned the tree switch to the v4-0-test branch and cd into the source/lib/ldb directory.<br>
+<br>
To fetch via rsync use these commands:
<pre>
- rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba4/source/lib/ldb .
- rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba4/source/lib/tdb .
- rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba4/source/lib/talloc .
+ rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/ldb .
+ rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/tdb .
+ rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/talloc .
+ rsync -Pavz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/libreplace .
</pre>
+and build in ldb. It will find the other libraries in the directory
+above automatically.
+
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<a href="http://samba.org/~tridge/">Andrew Tridgell</a><br>