[SLUG] LDAP address book?

[Matthew Davidson <mdavids@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm looking for the Right Way to go about maintaining a shared contacts
database/address book.  The little scraps of paper I'm currently using
work fine for me, but they're not easy for others to access, and are a
bit embarrasing for smeone who's supposed to be a tech guru.

Recalling a SLUG talk from a few years ago about LDAP, I thought here's
the very thing.  A day of cursing and growling later, I'm not so sure.

Most of the tutorials on this subject are based on the premise that
you're creating your own database and front-end from scratch, rather
than a database that existing apps can use (I'm principally concerned
about Thunderbird here).

There are a few LDAP-based apps that claim to use Netscape-compatible 
address books, but all of those I've tried are so flaky that they don't 
generate anything but error messages.

Has anybody else tried this with any success?  Any tools/resources been 
especially useful?

Matthew.

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