Topic 6
Date: 3/26/2014
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Practical guide to Linux systems administration
Unix Authentication and Naming services
NIS
-- authentication, accounts, config files, data
NIS+
-- authentication, accounts, config files, data
LDAP
-- authentication, accounts, config files, data
Kerberos
-- authentication
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
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