Add Apple Address Book + LDAP information.

[blog.git] / posts / Humanizing_OS_X.mdwn

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@@ -195,6 +195,29 @@ Add the FLAC with
 
   $ flukeapp path/to/my/music/directory
 
+Address Book and LDAP
+---------------------
+
+You can configure Apple's [Address Book][aab] to search an LDAP
+directory.  Set up your connection with:
+
+  /Applications/Address\ Book.app
+    Address Book -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Add
+      Account Type: LDAP
+      ...
+
+If you're using a self-signed certificate, you'll need to add your CA
+to the system keyring or OS X will assume a man-in-the-middle attack
+(and give you an uninformative "Can't contact LDAP server" error).
+Add your certificate with:
+
+    /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app
+      File -> Import Items
+        /path/to/your/CA/certificate
+        Destination Keychain:  System
+
+After which everything should work as expected.
+
 Remote desktop
 --------------
 
@@ -322,6 +345,7 @@ perspective, check out Amit Singh's 2003 [What is Mac OS X][wmox].
 [Ogg Vorbis]: http://www.vorbis.com/
 [xiphqt]: https://www.xiph.org/quicktime/download.html
 [Fluke]: https://code.google.com/p/flukeformac/
+[aab]: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2486
 [rd]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol
 [rd-ms]: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client
 [rd-a]: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/remotedesktopconnectionclient.html