Summary

LDAP is commonly used by large organizations as a standard directory service, and most used-based Solaris applications can now use LDAP. Although LDAP is a complex service to configure and administer, it certainly simplifies the management of large user bases.

Questions

1.	What is the purpose of the ldapsearch command? Query the directory for a specific entry. Query the network for a LDAP server. Query the server for an IP address. Retrieve a list of LDAP clients .
2.	What is LDAP? Green pages Yellow pages White pages Pink pages
3.	How is the organization of entries in an LDAP directory defined? Directory Table Row Schema
4.	How can all entries within the directory be identified? Directory Name (DN) Distinguished Name (DN) Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) Relative Directory Name (RDN)
5.	How can attributes of an entry be identified? Directory Name (DN) Distinguished Name (DN) Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) Relative Directory Name (RDN)
6.	Which of the following is the correct BaseDN for engineer.paulwatters.com ? dc=engineer,dc=paulwatters,dc=com dc=com,dc=paulwatters,dc=engineer dc=com,paulwatters,engineer dc= engineer, paulwatters,com
7.	What is the default port for LDAP services? 80 1024 389 264
8.	Which of the following organizational units is not supported by Solaris? group (ou=Group) hosts (ou=Hosts) netgroup (ou=Netgroup) db (ou=metadb)
9.	Which of the following cannot be used with the ldapclient mod command? certificatePath credentialLevel certificateKey defaultSearchBase
10.	What command is used for configuring iDS? idsconfig iDSconfig configiDS DSconf

Answers

1.	A. The ldapsearch command is used to query the directory for a specific entry.
2.	C. LDAP is a white pages type of service.
3.	D. The organization of entries in an LDAP directory is defined by a schema.
4.	B. All entries in the directory are identified by a Distinguished Name (DN).
5.	C. All attributes of an entry in the directory can be identified by a Relative Distinguished Name (DN).
6.	A. dc=engineer,dc=paulwatters,dc=com is the correct BaseDN for engineer.paulwatters.com .
7.	C. The default port for LDAP services is 389.
8.	D. The db organizational unit is not supported by Solaris.
9.	C. certificateKey cannot be used with the ldapclient mod command.
10.	A. The idsconfig command is used to configure iDS.