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| <author email="jmachols@apache.org">Jeff Machols</author> |
| <title>Apache Directory Project: Contributors</title> |
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| (jmachols at apache dot org) |
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| Jeff is one of the original members of the LDAPd group founded by |
| Alex Karasulu. He came into the Apache Software Foundation when it |
| absorbed the LDAPd source code and members. |
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| Jeff had the good fortune of becoming associated with Alex Karasulu |
| at a pivotal time early in 2002. Alex had some frustrations with LDAP |
| due to deficiencies in all of the servers he used and was toying with |
| the idea of writing one. Jeff's initial role was simply to serve as a |
| sounding board for ideas. As time went on and he heard not only the |
| ideas but, the passion of Alex about this endeavor, Jeff eagerly |
| accepted Alex's invitation to become involved in the LDAPd project. |
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| Jeff's primary focus on the project is the client side of LDAP. After a |
| struggle implementing Unix user authentication with other LDAP servers |
| and clients, he saw additional opportunity for improvement. The goal of |
| the client and LDAP common sub-project is to provide a set LDAP tools |
| to match the ease of use, flexibility and rich features of Eve. |
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| Jeff's also worked closely with the Apache Infrastructure team, |
| especially Noel Bergman, to import the LDAPd CVS source code into |
| Subversion. The Apache Directory project was one of the first to |
| implement Subversion. |
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