Hi, first post from me to the list and no I'm not an LDAP expert and I still have a lot to learn about OpenLDAP. It is possible to learn it with the existing documentation but it takes some time! > I don't understand how complicated software like this gets widely > deployed and accepted when documentation on it is so limited and > unclear... It is quite difficult to get ldap to function properly and > am left with the question of how the hell anyone can figure out how to > get this piece of software to do anything! If there was some form of > acceptable documentation.... I have read a lot about LDAP and OpenLDAP in 2 Books and various articles in Unix/Linux magazines.
Take a look at your local bookstore or Amazon, etc. LINUX MAGAZINE has puplished an article about LDAP Authentication: Part one: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/3722/ Part two: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4124/ I think they are good for a start. And there are a lot of other books and sources on the Internet, too. Have a look at http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/ http://www.padl.com/Contents/Documentation.html Michael
