Re: Beginner's introduction to LDAP - where?

[Himanshu <hshah0@sac.uky.edu>]

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Murray Stokely wrote:

>     Is there a printed book that anyone could recommend?  In particular I'd
> like very simple examples.  Like a tutorial of how to enter data and design


Of the printed books, I found Tim Howes, Smith and Goods book
'Understanding and deploying LDAP Directory Services' useful in getting
started with LDAP. It covers main concepts. If you are planning to
purchase it try on Netscapes site, I guess there is some $10 off the
normal price.


  Is there an easy to use GUI front end to
> enter data entries into the directory?

I am also looking out for some GUI frontend to manage LDAP data. I am not
sure if JAVA sdk is available for LDAP.

-Himanshu


> an address book type directory.  Is there an easy to use GUI front end to
> enter data entries into the directory?
>
> At 11:36 AM 3/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >  I'm extremely new to LDAP in common and OpenLDAP in particular. I know,
> > >  what is LDAP, but don't have any glues, how to work with it. Can anybody
> > >  suggest me documentation, where I'll find: LDAP's schema, examples of
> > >  request, principles of creating hierarchy, etc, etc, etc. In other words,
> > >  I need beginner's introduction to LDAP with examples. Is there somewhere?
> >
> >The Netscape Directory Server documentation is very helpful; look at
> >
> >http://
> >developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory.html
> >
> >-WLA
>