Ldap System Administration (Paperback)

Preface


Part I. LDAP Basics

1. \'Now where did I put that...?\', or \'What is a directory?\'
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
What Is LDAP?
LDAP Models

2. LDAPv3 Overview
LDIF
What Is an Attribute?
What Is the dc Attribute?
Schema References
Authentication
Distributed Directories
Continuing Standardization

3. OpenLDAP
Obtaining the OpenLDAP Distribution
Software Requirements
Compiling OpenLDAP 2
OpenLDAP Clients and Servers
The slapd.conf Configuration File
Access Control Lists (ACLs)

4. OpenLDAP: Building a Company White Pages
A Starting Point
Defining the Schema
Updating slapd.conf
Starting slapd
Adding the Initial Directory Entries
Graphical Editors

5. Replication, Referrals, Searching, and SASL Explained
More Than One Copy Is \'a Good Thing\'
Distributing the Directory
Advanced Searching Options
Determining a Server's Capabilities
Creating Custom Schema Files for slapd
SASL and OpenLDAP


Part II. Application Integration

6. Replacing NIS
More About NIS
Schemas for Information Services
Information Migration
The pam_ldap Module
The nss_ldap Module
OpenSSH, PAM, and NSS
Authorization Through PAM
Netgroups
Security
Automount Maps
PADL's NIS/LDAP Gateway

7. Email and LDAP
Representing Users
Email Clients and LDAP
Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs)

8. Standard Unix Services and LDAP
The Directory Namespace
An FTP/HTTP Combination
User Authentication with Samba
FreeRadius
Resolving Hosts
Central Printer Management

9. LDAP Interoperability
Interoperability or Integration?
Directory Gateways
Cross-Platform Authentication Services
Distributed, Multivendor Directories
Metadirectories
Push/Pull Agents for Directory Synchronization

10. Net::LDAP and Perl
The Net::LDAP Module
Connecting, Binding, and Searching
Working with Net::LDAP::LDIF
Updating the Directory
Advanced Net::LDAP Scripting


Part III. Appendixes
A. PAM and NSS
B. OpenLDAP Command-Line Tools
C. Common Attributes and Objects
D. LDAP RFCs, Internet-Drafts, and Mailing Lists
E. slapd.conf ACLs

Index