Re: Relational database as backend?

[Mark Wilcox <mewilcox@unt.edu>]

Hi,
Netscape Directory server allows you to use a RDBMS backend if you don't
mind writing some code (you have to write your own server plugin to
lookup stuff in a RDBMS).
I don't think openLDAP supports this yet. Other packages might as well,
though I don't know about them.

You should also check out this site:
 http://www.stanford.edu/~hodges/talks/EMA98-DirectoryServicesRollout/Steve_Kille/index.htm

It's Steve Kille's presentation "Why do I need a Directory when I could
use a Relational Database"

The slides are pretty good. Too bad I couldn't see it in person. :)


Mark

Daryl L. Biberdorf wrote:

> Is it possible for OpenLDAP (or any other version, for that
> matter) to use a relational database (e.g., Postgres,
> Sybase, etc) for its backend? Where would I find out more?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Daryl

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