On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:34:02PM +1000, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 21 lines which said:
> The LDP has a perfectly good set of documents already; there's no need to > duplicate the good work already done by them. I recently configured LDAP for my company and I 100% agree with the original poster. Documentation is thick but with a lot of holes, few explanations (so you can do things in a different way), and quite difficult to find. I certainly would not say to a LDAP beginner, "read the fucking manual" because it is clearly a domain where manuals are suboptimal (I know, I should write one but it is easier to complain). The most important problem, I believe, is that using LDAP means understanding many differents things and how they fit together. These things are often documented properly (setting a LDAP server...) but separately (setting LDAP clients is in a completely different place) and you cannot get a global picture easily. (for instance, the LDP HOWTOs about PAM and LDAP do not explain why you need, in most cases, to setup PAM *and* NSS.)
