3.16. OpenLDAP implementation
The OpenLDAP-Server and client package is included in the standard SuSE SLES installation on pSeries. Here we describe a simple LDAP configuration for user authentication in a networked environment. The benefits of using LDAP are centralized and simplified user management from anywhere in the network, hierarchical structure, and replication for availability.
In this section, we explain how to set up an LDAP server on SuSE and how to use it for common user authentication tasks. Once you have LDAP running in your network, it can be used for many different tasks: addressbook, hostname repository, assessment management, and so on.
3.16.1. Setting up an LDAP server
Setting up the LDAP server consists of two steps: configuring ...
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