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refactor some links in howto/ldap

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### Web interface
The web interface is shipped as part of the userdir-ldap-cgi Debian
package, built from the [userdir-ldap-cgi source code](https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap-cgi.git/). The web
package, built from the [userdir-ldap-cgi repository][]. The web
interface is written in Perl, using the builtin CGI module and [WML][]
templates. It handles password and settings changes for users,
although some settings (like sudo passwords) require an extra
confirmation by OpenPGP-signed message through the email gateway. It
also lists machines known by LDAP.
[userdir-ldap-cgi repository]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap-cgi.git/
The web interface also ships documentation in the form of HTML pages
rendered through [WML][] templates.
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## Other documentation
* our (TPA) [userdir-ldap source code](https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap.git/)
* our (TPA) [userdir-ldap-cgi source code](https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap-cgi.git/)
* our (TPA) [userdir-ldap repository][]
* our (TPA) [userdir-ldap-cgi repository][]
* the [DSA wiki](https://dsa.debian.org/) has some ud-ldap documentation, see in
particular:
* [how to get sudo passwords](https://dsa.debian.org/user/sudo/)
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it could be older) and is hard to debug and extend. This section aims
at documenting issues with the software and possible alternatives.
Our [userdir-ldap repository](https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap.git/) is a fork of the [DSA userdir-ldap
repository](https://salsa.debian.org/dsa-team/mirror/userdir-ldap). The codebase is therefore shared with the Debian
Our [userdir-ldap repository][] is a fork of the [DSA userdir-ldap
repository][]. The codebase is therefore shared with the Debian
project, which uses it more heavily than TPO. According to [GitLab's
analysis](https://salsa.debian.org/dsa-team/mirror/userdir-ldap/-/graphs/master), weasel has contributed the most to the repository (since
2007), followed closely by Joey Schulze, which wrote most of the code
before that, between 1999 and 2007.
[DSA userdir-ldap repository]: https://salsa.debian.org/dsa-team/mirror/userdir-ldap
[userdir-ldap repository]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/admin/userdir-ldap.git/
The service is mostly in maintenance mode, both at DSA and in TPO,
with small, incremental changes being made to the codebase over all
those years. Attempts have been made to rewrite it with a Django
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