For client support, Volution adds Linux-Mandrake 7.1. I chose to test eDesktop and Red Hat 6.2 clients. Populating the Directory Before installation, I needed a working directory server. I installed OpenLDAP 2, which is included with Volution. My beta version granted all users, including anonymous users, full access to objects in the directory.
Caldera provides a script to include in the slapd.conf file to secure it.
Once I installed and configured the openldap and openldap-devel RPMs, on a Dell Computer Corp. GX1 with dual Pentium IIIs and 512 MB of RAM, I turned to the server and clients. Note that cosmosd runs at all times on managed systems using 4,128 to 5,108 bytes per process. The Volution management console is the main interface to modify objects and object relationships and manage remote computers. The console is Web-based and requires Java servlets written to Sun Microsystems servlet specifications. The console also requires a Web server and a servlet engine.