Installing LDAP Account Manager (LAM) on NetBSD

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a web-based LDAP administration tool that allows you to manage LDAP servers and objects in a user-friendly way. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing LAM on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you will need the following:

  • A NetBSD installation
  • Root access to the system
  • Web server with PHP support, such as Apache or Nginx

Step 1: Install required packages

To run LDAP Account Manager on NetBSD, you need to install the following packages:

# pkg_add php mysql-client php-mysqli php-curl php-ldap php-mbstring php-gd php-mcrypt

Step 2: Download LAM

You can download the latest LDAP Account Manager stable release from the official website. You may need to install wget if you don't have it already:

# pkg_add wget

Then, use wget to download a copy of LAM from the official website:

$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/lam/files/lam/6.9/lam-6.9.tar.bz2/download -O lam-6.9.tar.bz2

This will download LAM version 6.9 to the current directory.

Step 3: Install LAM

Next, extract the downloaded LAM archive and move the extracted files to your web server's document root directory:

$ tar xjf lam-6.9.tar.bz2
$ cd lam-6.9
$ sudo cp -r . /usr/pkgsrc/www/apache24/htdocs/lam/

In this example, we are assuming Apache is the web server and its document root directory is /usr/pkgsrc/www/apache24/htdocs/. If you are using a different web server, replace this path with the appropriate path for your setup.

Make sure the files are owned by the web server user so they can be accessed properly:

$ sudo chown -R www:www /usr/pkgsrc/www/apache24/htdocs/lam/

Step 4: Configure PHP

LDAP Account Manager requires some PHP configuration changes to work correctly. Edit your PHP configuration file (/usr/pkg/etc/php.ini) with your favorite text editor, and update the following settings:

max_execution_time = 600
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 64M
upload_max_filesize = 64M

Make sure to restart your web server after making these changes:

# /usr/pkg/sbin/apachectl restart

Step 5: Access LAM

LDAP Account Manager should now be accessible from your web browser by visiting http://your-server-ip/lam/. You should see the LAM login screen. You can log in with the default administrator username and password:

  • Username: lam
  • Password: lam

Once you have logged in, you can start configuring your LDAP server and users using LAM's web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed LDAP Account Manager on NetBSD.