sudo port install openldap

Copy slapd.conf.default to slapd.conf

cp /opt/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf.default /opt/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf

Customize OpenLDAP configuration for Tomcat sample schema

edit /opt/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf

Add additional schemas needed to support the Tomcat sample:

include		/opt/local/etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schemainclude		/opt/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema

Also set suffix and rootdn as shown in this sample. There’s no need to change the database type, however.Notice that the slapd.conf file defines a location that doesn’t exist for a pidfile and argsfile, so we’ll need to create the directory:

sudo mkdir /opt/local/var/run

Start up OpenLDAP:

sudo /opt/local/libexec/slapd

Check that it’s running:

ps -ef|grep slapd

If it’s not, use -d -1 options on the command line to see what’s causing it to fail.Copy the LDIF sample file shown on the Tomcat page into a text file.Import the sample data:

 ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=example,dc=com" -W -f tomcatsample.ldif

Backup Tomcat’s server config

cd tomcat_rootcp conf/server.xml conf/server.xml.backup

Edit the realm definition as shown on the Tomcat page – authentication should not be needed to do LDAP lookups with the default configuration

edit conf/server.xml

Perhaps I should expand on that a bit. When you?re in the Maps application, you can search for the location that you want to go to. Once you?ve found it, you click on the pushpin on the map to bring up details. Then, you click on ?Directions to here?, which puts the Maps app into directions mode instead of search mode. By default, the To field is filled with the place that you?re tying to get to, and the from field is filled with the special text ?Current location.? You click on the Route button and Google Maps computes a route to get you where you want to go. Once you?ve done it a couple of times, it?s a very fluid and natural experience.

The keyboard seems a little low at first, but I haven’t had a real problem with that so far. The big win is that the keys provide much better feedback about when you have pressed the key than the previous design did. I have read some complaints about the keys being too easy to press, but I haven’t noticed that problem so far.

Apple debuted a new keyboard with their new iMacs last week. This keyboard is basically the keyboard from the MacBook laptop in a desktop form factor. I was dubious about this keyboard, but my existing Apple keyboard is driving me crazy. The keys have become sticky and difficult to press at times even though the keyboard is not very old and doesn’t get a lot of use, and they’ve always had kind of a mushy feel with no real feedback that you’ve pressed a key.

I stopped in the Chicago Apple store to give these new keyboards a try. I was surprised to find that they seem pretty comfortable. I like the firm feel of the keys – there’s no mushy here. The key travel seems just about right and you know for sure that the key has been pressed. Of course, it’s impossible to tell how these will hold up over time, but I think I’m going to give one of these a try. I don’t think it can be worse the the previous keyboard, and the wired version is a third of the cost of a TactilePro (which I can only pre-order right now anyway).

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