I've been using LDAP for various things for a while now, and for a long time I wished I had a good reference/integration text to follow. I wish LDAP System Administration had been around in 2000 and 2001, as it would have been ideal. This book is divided into three parts, covering LDAP Basics, Application Integration, and and an appendices section. 

  

 The first part, LDAP Basics, starts off covering both a general introduction to LDAP and its history. I've always skim read sections like this in the past, but its well worth the read if you really want to understand LDAP in any detail. After having worked with LDAP for a while, it was quite good to come back to a well written description of LDAP and its uses. Part One carries on to introduce the OpenLdap server, and includes detailed instructions on compilation (unneccesary in most modern linux distributions) and configuration. Chapter 5, the last chapter in Part One, covers replication with OpenLdap's slurpd, replication, and security. 

 -- DanielLawson 

  

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