README for the Zope CMFLDAP Product

  CMFLDAP is designed to be run in conjunction 
  with the LDAPLoginAdapter and the LDAPUserManager.
  It will replace the following tools at in a CMF Site:

    * Membership Tool

    * MemberData Tool

  The replacements allow you to run your CMF Site with a user
  source backend in LDAP.
  
  The LDAPLoginAdapter is a replacement for a Zope user 
  folder. It does not store its own user objects but builds 
  them on the fly after authenticating a user against the LDAP 
  database. For more information about the LDAPLoginAdapter please i
  visit http://www.dataflake.org/software/ldaploginadapter/.

  The LDAPUserManager allows you to add, edit or delete
  user and role (a.k.a. group) records on the LDAP server
  that acts as the backend for the LDAPLoginAdapter. For more
  information about the LDAPUserManager please go to
  http://www.dataflake.org/software/ldapusermanager/ .

  **Requirements**

    In order for this product to run you will need to provide the 
    following items:

    * A CMF site running off a CMF software version checked out
      after 4/27/2001 or a released version released after that
      same date

    * A correctly configured LDAPUserManager instance, software
      version 1.1beta2 or higher

    * A Zope site that authenticates through the LDAPLoginAdapter,
      software version 1.4beta3 or higher

    * a working LDAP server (see http://www.openldap.org/)

    * the python-ldap module (see http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/)


  **Tested Platforms**

    This product has been written on and for Zope 2.3.0 and up. I am 
    not going to support earlier versions of Zope with my product.

    This product is platform-independent except for its reliance on 
    the python-ldap module.