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I am trying to setup an LDAP server for contacts on my local network using an Ubuntu box. I am confused about the 'dc' component of the configuration. Should I set this to localhost if this is the machine I intend to store the contacts on. Where can I find more descriptive information on how the domain plays into the configuration

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The dc part is the domainComponent. You would typically want to set this to something that uniquely identifies your company, such as dc=MyCompany,dc=local. See the following question for a more complete description of these components: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33961313/2242593

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  • Okay I See. Does anyone know of a tutorial on setting up a LDAP server and connecting outlook to it?? – MDK Aug 22 '16 at 16:15
  • Outlook, so far as I know anyway, is only AD aware. Unless you're configuring/setting up a Samba server of sorts (even then I doubt it would work) you'll need to setup a domain with a Windows server configured as a DC. – ChadSikorra Aug 22 '16 at 16:59