LDAP Linux HOWTO

Luiz Ernesto Pinheiro Malere, malere@yahoo.com

1. Introduction

• 1.1 What's LDAP ?
• 1.2 What's a Directory Service ?
• 1.3 How does LDAP work ?
• 1.4 LDAP backends, objects and attributes
• 1.5 New Versions of this Document
• 1.6 Opinions and Sugestions
• 1.7 History of Releases
• 1.8 Acknowledgments
• 1.9 Copyright and Disclaimer

2. Installing the LDAP Server

• 2.1 Pre-Requirements
• 2.2 Downloading the package
• 2.3 Unpacking the server
• 2.4 Configuring the software
• 2.5 Building the server

3. Configuring the LDAP Server

• 3.1 Configuration File Format
• 3.2 Global Directives
• 3.3 General Backend Options
• 3.4 General Database Directives
• 3.5 LDBM Backend-Specific Directives
• 3.6 Other Backend Databases
• 3.7 Access Control Examples
• 3.8 Configuration File Example

4. Running the LDAP Server

• 4.1 Command Line Options
• 4.2 Starting the LDAP server
• 4.3 Killing the LDAP server

5. Database Creation and Maintenance

• 5.1 Creating a Database online
• 5.2 Creating a Database offline
• 5.3 More on the LDIF format
• 5.4 The ldapsearch, ldapdelete and ldapmodify utilities

6. Additional Information and Features

• 6.1 Roaming Access
• 6.2 Netscape Address Book
• 6.3 LDAP Migration Tools
• 6.4 Authentication using LDAP
• 6.5 Graphical LDAP tools
• 6.6 Logs

7. References

• 7.1 URLs
• 7.2 Books
• 7.3 RFCs