Re: ldap

["Allan M. Wind" <wind@freewwweb.com>]

On 1999-05-05 11:34, Craig Hancock wrote:

> OK so open ldap inn itself is a databse then I presume

LDAP stands for Light-weight Access Protocol.  Protocol being the
keyword in this context.  Historically, LDAP was intended as an
interface to (ISO) X.500 but some implementations went a step further
an implemented the backend as well (umich ldap and then openldap).

Currently OpenLDAP supports multiple backends with Berkeley DB2 being
the defacto.  I think they are working on a SQL backend and they have
a gdm backend (which doesn't work as well as the db2).

Anyways, check out their web site and the src.


/Allan
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