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It’s not so easy to use kaddressbook that connect to an openLDAP Server. We want to use a secure openLDAP Server that needs some tweeky config stuff.

openLDAP configuration

1. Download your root-CA file and save it, for example /etc/ssl/openldap/class3.cacert.crt
2. Edit the openldap configuration file, /etc/openldap/ldap.conf:
   

   BASE    dc=ad, dc=company, dc=com
   URI     ldap://ad.company.com
   HOST    ad.company.com
   
   TLS_CACERT /etc/ssl/openldap/class3.cacert.crt
   TLS_REQCERT never

kaddressbook configuration

1. Adding a new ldap connection via the configuration menu
2. For the following settings you must know how your ldap server is configured…username, password, a.s.o.
3. Example:
   

   Name: ldapcon
             [x] Read-only
   User:     first.last@company.com
   Password: ...
   Host:     ad.company.com
   Port:     636
   LDAP-V:   3
   DN:       DC=ad,DC=company,DC=com
   Filter:   sn=*
   Security: SSL
   Authe:    Simple
             [x] Sub-tree query

   That’s it :-) Here are also some small links that might be interesting:
   - http://www.brennan.id.au/20-Shared_Address_Book_LDAP.html
   - http://www.hoernerfranzracing.de/kde/ldap.html