README for the Zope CMFLDAP Product

  CMFLDAP is designed to be run in conjunction 
  with the LDAPUserFolder. It will replace the following tools 
  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 LDAPUserFolder 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 LDAPUserFolder please
  visit http://www.dataflake.org/software/ldapuserfolder/.

  **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 11/16/2001 or a released version released after that
      same date

    * A correctly configured LDAPUserFolder instance, software
      version 1.0 or higher, that is used to authenticate the
      CMF site.

    * 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 2.4.0 and up. I am 
    not going to support earlier versions of Zope with this product.

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