Additional Resources

13.9. Additional Resources

More information concerning LDAP is available. Review the following sources, especially the OpenLDAP website and the LDAP HOWTO, before configuring LDAP on the system.

13.9.1. Installed Documentation

  • /usr/share/docs/openldap-<versionnumber>/ directory — Contains a general README document and miscellaneous information.

  • LDAP related man pages — There are a number of man pages for the various applications and configuration files involved with LDAP. The following is a list of some of the more important man pages.

    Client Applications

    • man ldapadd — Describes how to add entries to an LDAP directory.

    • man ldapdelete — Describes how to delete entries within an LDAP directory.

    • man ldapmodify — Describes how to modify entries within an LDAP directory.

    • man ldapsearch — Describes how to search for entries within an LDAP directory.

    • man ldappasswd — Describes how to set or change the password of a an LDAP user.

    Server Applications

    • man slapd — Describes available command line options for the LDAP server.

    • man slurpd — Describes available command line options for the LDAP replication server.

    Administrative Applications

    • man slapadd — Describes available command line options for this tool used to add entries to a slapd database.

    • man slapcat — Describes available command line options for this tool used to generate an LDIF file from a slapd database.

    • man slapindex — Describes available command line options for this tool used to regenerate an index based upon the contents of a slapd database.

    • man slappasswd — Describes available command line options for this tool used to generate a user passwords for LDAP directories.

    Configuration Files

    • man ldap.conf — Describes the format and options available within the configuration file for LDAP clients.

    • man slapd.conf — Describes the format and options available within the configuration file referenced by both the LDAP server applications (slapd and slurpd) and LDAP administrative tools (slapadd, slapcat, and slapindex).

13.9.2. Useful Websites

13.9.3. Related Books

  • Implementing LDAP by Mark Wilcox; Wrox Press, Inc.

  • Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services by Tim Howes et al.; Macmillan Technical Publishing