Re: question about LDAP conventions

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

Haim Ashkenazi said:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to learn to implement ldap in organizations, so I've read a few
> ldap howto's and I know how to do some basic stuff. my problem is that I
> don't fully understand the naming conventions (maybe due to a lack of
> knowledge in english...). In the default debian install there are 2
> organizational units: roaming and people. could someone please explain (or
> direct me to some howto's) the difference between them (e.g. to where
> should I import my address-book)?

think of the organizational units as directories in a filesystem.

there is nothing significant about them. they are only parts of a tree.
they can be named anything, can have anything stored in them..the name
is not important.

my LDAP howto:

http://howto.aphroland.de/HOWTO/LDAP

that said, the roaming organziational unit would typically be used
for netscape roaming profiles, and the people would be used for user
accounts. Netscape roaming profiles is no longer supported in any
netscape later then 4.x.

nate