15Sep2004 (UTC +8)
Hello Ronald,
To answer your q directly, an LDAP server is a good idea for organizations that need to manage hundreds, specially thousands, of entities in their login accounts. Like, it's better to have an LDAP server that your mail server references, than it is to manage an /etc/passwd with hundreds of accounts... If you also have a firewall/VPN setup and you want to manage access control lists at a granular level (i.e. from the CEO, to the employees, to the printer, to the outside consultants), it'll also be a good idea to have an LDAP server. An LDAP server is also a good idea if you want to consolidate all your login accounts from several different account databases, into a central repository that is easier to manage.
HTH,
Drexx Laggui Principal Consultant, I.T. Security http://www.laggui.com
Ian Dexter R. Marquez wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald Mendoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:30:24 +0800
Greetings, has anyone from you guys can give a walkthrough site or
at least a beginners tutorial
on how to setup ldap or any of it's special or practical use ?. i have
read some documents about it
but i can't grasp the idea on how an organization can benifit on it's
use. can some one point me on the
right track at least on the beginners level. Thanks in advance Plug... Ronald Mendoza
Hi. The OpenLDAP Quick-start guide[1] is a good place to start. As for its uses, take a peek at the FAQ-o-matic[2]. Happy exploring!
[1] http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin22/quickstart.html [2] http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/1.html
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