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Newer page: version 8 Last edited on Monday, December 6, 2004 3:19:06 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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-[Acronym] for __L__ightweight __D__irectory __A__ccess __P__rotocol. 
+An [Acronym] for __L__ightweight __D__irectory __A__ccess __P__rotocol. 
  
-A protocol for accessing heirachical data. Kinda like [SQL] except it has "fixed" Schema's (you can define your own, but not quite as easily as you do in [SQL]) and it's for [ HierarchicalDataBase] s rather than [ RelationalDataBase] s. 
+A [Protocol] for accessing hierarchical data. Kinda like [SQL] except it has "fixed" schemata (you can define your own, but not quite as easily as you do in [SQL]) and it's for HierarchicalDataBase~ s rather than RelationalDataBase~ s. It is often used for directories, so [LDAP] implementations are commonly optimised for reading much more than for modifying/inserting data
  
-[LDAP] implementations are (often) optimised for reading data , not read/write , so it 's often used for directories
+Products which speak [LDAP] include the [Free] [OpenLDAP] , NetWare's [NDS] , and MicrosoftCorporation 's ActiveDirectory
  
-Netware's [NDS ] speaks [LDAP], Microsofts ActiveDirectory speaks [LDAP ]. It's just a protocol.  
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-DanielLawson is our local [LDAP] guru. If you've got the problem, he's got the solution :)  
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-See [LDAPNotes], [LDAPURLs], [LDAPAuthentication], [OpenLdapAccessControls] and [OpenLDAP] for more information.  
-WLUG members can also borrow our "Ldap System Adminstration" book  
-from the [WlugLibrary:15].  
+See also:  
+* [LDAPNotes ]  
+* [LDAPURLs]  
+* [LDAPAuthentication]  
+* OpenLdapAccessControls  
+* '' [LDAP] System Adminstration'' , available to [WLUG] members from the [WlugLibrary:15 ]  
+* DanielLawson, our local [LDAP] guru. If you've got the problem, he's got the solution. :) 
  
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