LDAP is an industry standard for accessing and managing hierarchical information stored in a directory structure over the network. LDAP has been in use for quite a long time. Nowadays, it is mainly used to build an authentication system; however, that is by no means its only purpose. LDAP can also be used to store any kind of information that needs to be accessed centrally (for example, emails or contact information in an organization).
The main motive for storing user (or any other) information, like usernames, emails, passwords, and so on, in one place, is to provide administration and maintenance support with ease. For example, rather than handling the user list for each subgroup separately in an organization, LDAP can be ...
