tkerkman,
I had a devil of a time trying to search my external openldap server with the zimbra web client. I tried putting the data I wanted to search in several web client "aware" fields. Even though my domain GAL setup is set to use "both" internal and external gal.
I just could not see the data.
After reading ArcaneMagus comments I thought hmmmmm....?.
My Solution:
1. I added the "description" attribute to each ldif record on my external openldap server. Which is supported by openldap [core.schema].
2. I copied the contents of my custom fields into the description attribute.
However, I could not see it yet in external gal searches using my zimbra account.
3. So, I thought to index the attribute by adding a index for that attribute in the openldap slapd.conf. Still could not see it yet in external gal searches using my zimbra account.
4. So, lets try ArcaneMagus's idea.
5. Next I logged into the galsync account as admin and shared the it's external gal contacts with > MY account.
5. I logged in to My account and accepted the shared galsync contact address list.
6. I then searched for a key word I knew was in several the ldap attributes "description" attribute field. ...and holycow! .. a list of contacts with that value in each web client "notes" field of the contact was listed on the left hand browse list.
6. I verified this worked by viewing each contact.
This is not a ideal solution - I really wanted to be able to search my external ldap directly from MY account using the standard search bar and selecting GAL.
I do not understand why galsync data is not searchable when you search the GAL directly.
Comments?
Steven