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Re: need some information
>I am new to LDAP and wanted some information.
>(my questions are based on limited understanding).
>- openldap implements both a LDAP client and a server, but
>does it implement a X.500 directory ?
No, there was a LDAP<->X.500 gateway, I'm not sure how maintained it is.
>- apart from Active Directory, are there any other directory
>implementations ?
Yes, many. M$-AD is not an LDAP server, it merely contains an LDAP
server component with lots of proprietary crap piled around it.
>- suppose, I have to use LDAP for user authentication on Unix
>systems, do I have to use Kerberos (if I don't want to use simple
>passwords) ? where would be the user information stored in this
>case ?
No, you do not need to use Kerberos. If your DSA is OpenLDAP you can
use one of many SASL mechanisms.
All of this is in the documentation -
http://www.openldap.org/doc/
http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1.html
ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/ldapv3.pdf
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/ldap-auth.php
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-07/lw-07-ldap_1.html