Re: Directory database design

[rweltman@netscape.com (Rob Weltman)]

Sram,

  Maybe not too basic, but too comprehensive! Hard to answer in an email message, without knowing a lot about the target environment and application.

  Check out the book "Understanding and Deploying Ldap Directory Services", e.g. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578700701/ref=sim_books/103-9610773-5267029.

Rob


Salvador Ramirez wrote:

>     I'm quite disappointed that nobody answered my question. It is
> included bellow. Is it my too basic? was it already too many times
> answered here?
> well, I'll have to try somewhere else..
>
> ---sram
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:23:02 -0400 (CLT)
> From: Salvador Ramirez <sram@profc.udec.CL>
> To: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Directory database design
>
> Hi,
>
>    Could someone point me to documentation on designing and
> implementing a directory database? I've already read the examples from
> the "Database creation and maintenance tools" document at openldap.org
> but it does not explain the architecture/structure of the database and
> what their dc, cn, objectClass, etc serve for.
>    Also, I would like to know if the entries on a directory will depend on
> the applications that will access it? I mean, if I want to install a SMTP
> service (sendmail for example) should I look what entry names (on the
> directory) sendmail will look for?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> ---sram
>      "Don't listen to what I say; listen to what I mean!" --Feynman
> Salvador Ramirez Flandes        PROFC, Universidad de Concepcion, CHILE
> http://www.profc.udec.cl/~sram                mailto:sram@profc.udec.cl