Mastering OpenLDAP : Configuring, Securing, and Integrating Directory Services

Butcher, Matt

ISBN 10: 1847191029 / ISBN 13: 9781847191021

Editore: Packt Publishing, 2007

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• Titolo: Mastering OpenLDAP : Configuring, Securing, and Integrating Directory Services
• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1847191029
• ISBN 13: 9781847191021
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

This practical introduction to OpenLDAP for Application Developers emphasizes how to get things done, going into Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) theory only to answer practical questions. It demystifies OpenLDAP, providing a solid understanding of how to use its directory and covering building directory services, integrating directory services, and developing directory-enabled PHP or Python applications. Readers need only basic Linux system administration experience, not LDAP experience. Open-source OpenLDAP directory server is included in all major Linux distributions; many open-source and proprietary applications can use OpenLDAP's services. Client applications use LDAP to connect to OpenLDAP, search the directory, and (if authorized) modify and manipulate records. Most often used to provide network-based authentication services for users, LDAP servers have many other uses: address book, DNS database, organizational tool, even network object store for applications.

L'autore

Matt Butcher is the principal consultant for Aleph-Null, Inc. (http://aleph-null.tv), where he specializes in content management systems, Linux system integration, and Open Source technologies. He has been an active participant in Open Source technologies for over a decade. Along with Learning Drupal 6, Matt has also written Mastering OpenLDAP, Managing and Customizing OpenCms 6, and Building Websites with OpenCms, all of which are published by Packt. When not pushing bits, Matt likes to explore Colorado with his wife and three daughters.