I can second Adam's summary, with a 6th example that is a special case of a group repository:
6.) Course description and membership repository, used for provisioning apps like our WebCT online courseware, and authenticating course members for apps related to courses, like Video Furnace. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Tauno Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ldap] Re: LDAP Usage Survey > I'm gathering some real world info for a presentation for my local > LUG, and wondered if everyone would be so kind as to briefly describe > what they are currently using LDAP for in their organisation. I think in most places LDAP is used for very similar purposes. 1.) An authorization source; as well as some authentication for lame apps & clients that don't support things like Kerberos. This includes being an NSS provider. 2.) White pages 3.) SMTP, DHCP, and DNS configuration backend 4.) Group backend for various services like OpenNMS, Wildfire (XMPP) and RADIUS; this is similar to #1. 5.) To store user preferences / profiles for applications like Horde or an Intranet. OpenLDAP's back-sql/back-meta, etc... also allow it to be used as a way to federate datasources. One example is using back-sql to provide LDAP access to address book like data stored in a traditional database: http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/OGo-Back-SQL/ http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/mkbrown/Misc/back-sql/back-sql-how to/view See also: http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com/node/30 --- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the SUBJECT of the message. --- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the SUBJECT of the message.
