On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 14:23:42 +0530, venkat kulkarni 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Do we have any way to implement LDAP on z/os for authentication purpose.

Your question is unclear.

If you mean "could we run an LDAP server on z/OS so that applications running 
elsewhere can authenticate using that z/OS LDAP server," the answer is yes, 
using RACF as the backend to your z/OS LDAP server. Some application 
configuration adjustments might be needed, though.

On the other hand, if you mean "could we run an LDAP server someplace else such 
that logins on z/OS (e.g., TSO, CICS) would authenticate using that LDAP 
server" the answer is no. Authentication on z/OS is generally via RACF. 

Of course, with a robust set of exits (and possibly some z/OS application 
modifications) it might be possible for you to offload part of the RACF 
authentication processing to an off-system LDAP server, but that would be a lot 
of programming and would probably degrade login performance significantly, 
especially for applications like CICS.

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