Chapter 17. PHP and LDAP
Directory services offer system administrators, developers, and end users alike a consistent, efficient, and secure means for viewing and managing resources such as people, files, printers, and applications. The structure of these read-optimized data repositories often closely models the physical corporate structure, an example of which is depicted in Figure 17-1.
Numerous leading software vendors have built flagship directory services products and indeed centered their entire operations around such offerings. The following are just a few of the more popular products:
RedHat Directory Server:
www.redhat.com/directory_serverMicrosoft Active Directory:
www.microsoft.com/activedirectoryNovell eDirectory:
www.novell.com/products/edirectory ...
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