LDAP! basic question

itz2000 · 11-05-2005, 03:48 PM

I've tried to understand but I'm not sure I'm right....
tried some guides, google, man ldap but I'd like to hear it in your own words

so

What is LDAP, what you do with it, some examples, that's it...

Thanks guys!

btmiller · 11-05-2005, 04:16 PM

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, i.e. it's a directory service. For example Microsoft Active Directory is based on LDAP. You can use it for many things, such as keeping a directory of names and addresses or of system users. With the LDAP pluggable authentication module, you can even have system users authenticate themselves from a LDAP directory and thus maintain a common list of users and credentials between systems.

jlliagre · 11-05-2005, 04:20 PM

LDAP is the most widely used protocol to access directory services.

itz2000 · 11-06-2005, 06:34 AM

A.K.A if I want to get into a foriegn directory via ftp or something? and how?

jlliagre · 11-06-2005, 06:44 AM

FTP is designed to allow transfer of files, LDAP is designed to allow querying and updating directory entries, these are different businesses.

itz2000 · 11-06-2005, 08:12 AM

where can I learn more from it and how can I make one myself?
I mean, I've found lots of sources, but I guess you got better sources for LDAP in linux...

thanks! guys!

jlliagre · 11-06-2005, 10:19 AM

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how can I make one myself?

If you mean "how can I install and configure my own LDAP directory ?", then OpenLDAP is a common answer.