free is good, especially when it comes to ldap and beer. ;)
jack --- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks! that's pretty much the way we want to use it > as well, for a > universal login across any of our websites. Sun has > an LDAP that we are > looking at as well. The plus is, it's free. and we > don't need another > oracle license etc etc etc.... > > and even better, it wouldn't be MY responsibility to > maintain :) > > Rachel > > --- Jack Silvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > my last gig was senior DBA at an internet travel > shop, > > and we used LDAP to authenticate users. Since it > is > > really just a glorified list sitting in memory, it > is > > perfectly suited to small, straightforward uses > such > > as this. > > > > We did not use oracle LDAP, but another vendor > that I > > can't remember. > > > > The LDAP was accessed by the Java processes and > > gathered the password and username from it to > login to > > the database. > > > > hth, > > > > jack silvey > > > > > > --- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > One of the users here came to me to talk about > > > setting up user > > > authentication and wanted to know what I knew > about > > > LDAP and Oracle. > > > since the sum total of my knowledge on the > subject > > > consists of "Oracle > > > Internet Directory is a pain to set up" I > thought I > > > might ask for > > > advice from some who are more familiar with the > > > subject. > > > > > > > > > We will have something on the order of a million > > > hits a day, this is > > > definitely ONLY user authentication. We are not > > > wedded to the idea that > > > it has to be part of Oracle, if there is > another, > > > better > > > (easier/stable) way to handle this, we are open > to > > > using that. > > > > > > Any suggestions on places to look? A search on > LDAP > > > in the 9.2 docs got > > > me over 1300 matches... a bit overwhelming! > > > > > > I'm going to be reading through the OID admin > > > manual, but that's > > > somewhat prejudiced towards Oracle :) > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > > http://www.orafaq.com > > > -- > > > Author: Rachel Carmichael > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 > FAX: > > > (858) 538-5051 > > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > > > access / Mailing Lists > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send > an > > > E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > > 'ListGuru') and in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: > UNSUB > > > ORACLE-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be > removed > > > from). 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