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Re: LDAP structure



On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:10:44AM -0300, Nei Venturini dos Santos wrote:
>      root
>       |---enterprise A
>       |     |-----sector A
>       |     |         |----- person 1
>       |     |         |----- person 2
>       |     |         |         |--------UserOptions
>       |     |         |         |--------Contacts
>       |     |         |                          |-----contact 1
>       |     |         |                          |-----contact n
>       |     |         |----- ...more people...
>       |     |-----sector B
>       |     |-----enterprise AA
>       |                 |-----sector AB
>       |---enterprise B
>     What do you think about it? A flat structure would be better?

If people and sectors change frequently, you would be better off with a
flat structure.

>     If anyone has any kind of book or article which discuss this subject,
>    please send it.

This book discusses ldap topologies in detail (the first edition is the one I
have, but I assume this second edition does it too):

Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2nd Edition)
by Tim Howes, Timothy A. Howes, Mark C. Smith, Gordon S. Good 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672323168/qid=1058448433/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-1138581-1299116