Show HN: Moribito – A TUI for LDAP Viewing/Queries

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103 points by woumn5 days ago

8 comments

zephyreon5 days ago
As someone that spends an inordinate amount of time in LDAP for work, it warms my heart to see this project. Will definitely try it out!
- zephyreon5 days ago
 Apache Directory Studio is extremely cumbersome / heavy so this is much appreciated.
 - mbreese5 days ago
 That was what I immediately was thinking about. I wish I had had a tool like this when admining an LDAP server for a compute cluster. This would have made my life much easier, as opposed to using Apache Directory Studio through SSH tunnels.I’m glad this tool exists.
 - woumn5 days ago
 I hate it so much. And it barely works with newer macs.
majkinetor5 days ago
This is epic, especially as it is repository friendly. Thank you.
- woumn5 days ago
 You're very welcome!
 - majkinetor5 days ago
 Tested it now somewhat. Some points so far:1. Installation script doesn't work on Windows. Exit 1 is particularly problematic as it kills the current shell2. No search on current page vim style (/) or full page up/down J/K3. On Query page j works but k somewhat scrambless the page in Windows terminalNot sure how seriously you want to support Windows, I could rise tickets on Github
 - woumn5 days ago
 I don't have a way to debug windows, so atm it's kind wysiwyg.#2 is a great idea. open a ticket if you'd like.
throw0101a5 days ago
Is it possible to view/edit the "cn=config" tree of OpenLDAP to make configuration changes with this?I often do<pre><code> ldapvi -h ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -b 'cn=config' </code></pre> and another tool could be useful.
- woumn5 days ago
 It would be possible, but I don't have a good ldap server to test on, especially one I can modify config changes. If you'd like to contribute to the repo, adding a test ldap server that can be used for development would enable a lot more features.
 - throw0101a4 days ago
 If you have a Debian or Ubuntu system available, installing the `slapd` package (OpenLDAP) would be sufficient to get something on localhost or ldapi:///. RH-based systems have openldap* packages.You don't really have to do much more than that for the purpose of testing this (no creating of accounts, groups, sub-trees, etc).Perhaps at most go to the stanza/paragraph that defines "olcDbIndex" values, add a new one, and see if a new index file is created in "olcDbDirectory" (often /var/lib/ldap):* <a href="https://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/apa/indeces.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.zytrax.com/books/ldap/apa/indeces.html</a>* <a href="https://warlord0blog.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/ldap-indexes/" rel="nofollow">https://warlord0blog.wordpress.com/2020/10/19/ldap-indexes/</a>
 - bravetraveler5 days ago
 May find this worth a whirl, hosted instance: <a href="https://www.freeipa.org/page/Demo" rel="nofollow">https://www.freeipa.org/page/Demo</a>Verified the services respond/credentials work [through the UI, my ldapsearch-fu is weak] :)
johntash5 days ago
As someone else who has to do a lot of work with LDAP, thank you!You might want to consider adding a LICENSE file to the repo. That's the first place I looked before noticing it at the bottom of the readme.
- woumn5 days ago
 I am thinking you opened an issue. Thank you! I added one.
dionian5 days ago
We need more TUIs! Love it!
- joelp5 days ago
 The OP should post this on terminal trove [0]There are lots of TUIs there.[0] <a href="https://terminaltrove.com/" rel="nofollow">https://terminaltrove.com/</a>
 - dionian5 days ago
 Nice, thanks for the link. Right up my alley
 - woumn5 days ago
 Will do!
- woumn5 days ago
 Thank you!
victor1065 days ago
Does this work with AD?
- woumn5 days ago
  Haven't tested, but i think it should. it's using Go's LDAP library in the background
jcims5 days ago
Miss my days tinkering with LDAP. This looks great, thanks!
- oaiey5 days ago
  Me too. I also believe that LDAP and directory services are overlooked today
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