Setting up an OpenLDAP directory
This recipe teaches you how to install OpenLDAP, an open-source implementation of an X.500 directory server. The X.500 series of protocols was developed in the late 1980s to support the storage and lookup of names, e-mail addresses, computer systems, and other entities in a hierarchical fashion. Each entry is a node in a directory information tree (DIT) and is identified by its distinguished name (DN). Information about the entry is represented as key/value pairs known as attributes.
Getting ready
This recipe requires a CentOS system with a working network connection and administrative privileges either by using the root account or sudo.
How to do it...
Follow these steps to set up an OpenLDAP directory:
- Install the ...
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