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Re: Implementing organizational "accounts" with LDAP

To: openldap-list@jade.co.nz
Subject: Re: Implementing organizational "accounts" with LDAP
From: Luke Howard <lukeh@PADL.COM>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:35:51 +1100
Cc: mwauford@utk.edu, openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
Organization: PADL Software Pty Ltd
References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010181105170.21172-100000@burns.tns.utk.edu> <007601c03943$b99c1560$1282608f@cnw>
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>1) Define all your "accounts" in one place (ou=accounts) and then where
>relevant have a pointer (dn valued attribute) from an account entry to any
>real-world entities associated with it (eg to a person in ou=people). And/or
>maybe a pointer in the other direction (from a person to each of their
>accounts). See:
>http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-general/200001/msg00043.html

Another approach is, where a real world entity has several accounts,
and no account is associated with more than one real world entity,
to place accounts subordinate to the real world entity's entry.


-- Luke


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Luke Howard | lukeh@padl.com
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