Lesson 8
Date: 3/12/2009
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Linux for Engineering and IT applications
LDAP heirarchy
A data tree with root, branch and leaf nodes
Components of LDAP directory for a small enterprise
Directory Levels
Domain component (
dc
) or organization (
o
)
Organizational Unit(
ou
)
Common names(
cn
)
Unix Authentication and Naming services
What is LDAP
LDAP heirarchy
Addressing in LDAP
Data tree with dn
Schema
Accessing LDAP
OpenLDAP installation
Server Configuration
Outline of LDIF
LDIF example
LDAP client setup
OpenLDAP commands
Performance
Access Control List
LDAP over SSL/TLS
LDAP Applications
Practical exercises
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