Additional Resources


More information concerning LDAP is available. Please review these sources, especially the OpenLDAP website and the LDAP HOWTO, before configuring LDAP on your system.

Installed Documentation

  • LDAP man pages — The ldap man page is a good place to get started for an introduction to LDAP. Man pages also exist for the various LDAP daemons and utilities.

  • /usr/share/docs/openldap-versionnumber — Contains a general README document and miscellaneous information.

Useful Websites

  • http://www.openldap.org — Home of the OpenLDAP Project. This website contains a wealth of information about configuring OpenLDAP.

  • http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO.html — An older but still relevant LDAP HOWTO.

  • http://www.padl.com — Developers of nss_ldap and pam_ldap, among other useful LDAP tools.

  • http://www.innosoft.com/ldapworld — Contains information concerning LDAP RFCs and LDAP version 3 specifications.

  • http://www.kingsmountain.com/ldapRoadmap.shtml — Jeff Hodges’s LDAP Road Map contains links to several useful FAQs and emerging news concerning the LDAP protocol.

  • http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2000/05/wilcox — A useful look at managing groups in LDAP.

  • http://www.ldapman.org/articles — Articles that offer a good introduction to LDAP, including methods to design a directory tree and customize directory structures.

Related Books

  • Implementing LDAP by Mark Wilcox (Wrox Press, Inc.)

  • Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services by Tim Howes et al. (Macmillan Technical Publishing)




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Official Red Hat Linux Administrators Guide
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