>- see footer for list info -< LDAP is a protocol (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) for accessing directories, which are in effect hierarchical as opposed to relational databases. That makes them more akin to a file system than to Access.
One of the things that makes directories pretty tight on security is the inherent level of access control. The username and password you provide when accessing the directory dictates which nodes you'll be allowed to view, modify, search etc. The username / password they need there is part of the underlying directory security, and will allow LDAP access to a subset of the directory hierarchy. Hope I've remembered all that correctly! If you really want to impress your colleagues, have this link open on your desktop... http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2254.txt .. which is the actual spec for LDAP searches. Here's a useful tutorial as well... http://quark.humbug.org.au/publications/ldap/ldap_tut.html Hope that helps. Cheers Robin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Swingewood Sent: 20 June 2007 15:46 To: [email protected] Subject: [CF-Dev] CFLDAP >- see footer for list info -< Hi. Im pretty new to LDAP technologies and wondered if anyone could help me please. I am trying to query the ldap. I am not sure what the username and passord refer to. Is ldap itself protected by this or is this the username & password to log into the server? Any help would be appreciated. Regards - Paul _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -< _______________________________________________ For details on ALL mailing lists and for joining or leaving lists, go to http://list.cfdeveloper.co.uk/mailman/listinfo -- CFDeveloper Sponsors:- >- cfdeveloper Hosting provided by www.cfmxhosting.co.uk -< >- Lists hosted by www.Gradwell.com -< >- CFdeveloper is run by Russ Michaels, feel free to volunteer your help -<
