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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 heirachial
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]).
+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] is (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.
-
-DanielLawson is
our local [LDAP] guru.
If you've got the problem, he's got the solution :)
-
-See [LDAPNotes], [LDAPAuthentication], [OpenLdapAccessControls], [OpenLDAP], [OpenLdap] for more information
+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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CategoryProtocols
