Topic 6 Date: 3/26/2014

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Practical guide to Linux systems administration

What is LDAP A directory publishing service Lightweight Directory Access Protocol to X.500 directories The latest: Protocol v3 (RFC2253) Stores attribute based data (a kind of database) Data generally read more than written to (enhanced search, optimised for reads) Client/Server implementation Possesses an extensible schema for Objectclasses

Unix Authentication and Naming services What is LDAP LDAP heirarchy Addressing in LDAP Data tree with dn Schema Accessing LDAP OpenLDAP installation steps Server Config file Exercises: Server installation Exercises: Client installation Outline of LDIF LDIF example Frequent LDAP commands Exercises: LDAP commands Performance Access Control List LDAP over SSL/TLS LDAP Applications Exercises: LDAP user authentication Take me to the Course Website