Deploying OpenLDAP

Name: Deploying OpenLDAP
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ISBN: 9781590594131

ISBN-10: 1590594134

ISBN-13: 9781590594131

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tom Jackiewicz, Jim Sumser

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...I was excited to seeDeploying OpenLDAP, by Tom Jackiewicz and published by Apress, on Amazon's electronic bookshelf. After reviewing the Table of Contents I quickly ordered the book. - Dustin Puryear, Slashdot Contributor Brush up on the origins of LDAP in an article by Tom Jackiewicz. For all the work and time invested in using LDAP, not enough time has been spent designing the layout and the logic of directories. End users and system architects often dont give appropriate attention to the deployment of LDAP as a standards-based system with interfacing ability. Thus, many of LDAPs best featuresespecially OpenLDAPbecome unusable. As a remedy,Deploying OpenLDAPdelves into the…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Apress L. P.
Publication date: 10/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Tom Jackiewicz is responsible for global LDAP and e-mail architecture at a Fortune 100 company. Over the past 12 years, he has worked on the e-mail and LDAP capabilities of the Palm VII, helped architect many large-scale ISPs servicing millions of active e-mail users, and audited security for a number of Fortune 500 companies.Jackiewicz has held management, engineering, and consulting positions at Applied Materials, Motorola, and Winstar GoodNet. Jackiewicz has also published articles on network security and monitoring, IT infrastructure, Solaris, Linux, DNS, LDAP, and LDAP security. He lives in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood, where he relies on public transportation plus a bicycle to…



About the Author


About the Technical Reviewers


Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Assessing Your Environment


Gathering Information


Name


E-mail


Phone


PKI Information


Badge


Customer Data


Creating an Ongoing Process


Changing Application Sources


Understanding Meta-Directories


Avoiding Mistakes


LDAP As Oracle


LDAP As a Sync Source


Shortsighted Deployment


Summary



Understanding Data Definitions


Defining Your Schema


Understanding Schemas


ASN Schema Format


Object Identifiers (OIDs)


Attributes


Object Classes


Other Data Definition Information


Understanding Distinguished Names (DNs)


Schema Checking


Referential Integrity


Structuring the Directory Information Tree (DIT)


Regional Deployment of Information


Functional Deployment of Information


Organization by Business Function or Group


Introducing the LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)


LDAP Operations


Chaining Operations


Indexing Data


Summary



Implementing Deployment, Operations, and Administration Strategies


Separating Your Environments


Setting Up Classes of Hosts


Using Naming Conventions


Using the Creative Convention


Using the Logical Convention


Reaching a Compromise


Following Standard Procedures


Using the Standard Host Specifications


Using the Standard Host Installation


Using the Standard Application Installation


Running the Application


Starting the Application


Stopping the Application


Using Command-Line Options


Implementing Logs


Summary



Installing OpenLDAP


Choosing a Distribution


Setting Up Your System


Choosing a Special User


Obtaining the Distribution


Performing the Base Installation


Compiling OpenLDAP


Creating a Local Database


Creating an Offline Database


Using LDAP Search Filters


Using OpenLDAP Utilities


Idapmodify (1) and ldapadd (1)


Idapsearch (1)


Idapdelete (1)


Idapmodrdn (1)


Slapcat (8C)


Slapadd (8C)


Slapindex (8C)


Summary



Implementing OpenLDAP


How Much RAM Do You Need?


How Much Disk Space Do You Need?


Considering Security in Your Implementation


Authentication


SASL


X.509 Certificates


Transport Layer Security


Access Control


Kerberos


Understanding Replication


Changelog/Replication Log


Slurpd


Updateref


Importing Databases


Slapcat


Testing


Understanding Referrals


DNS Resource Records for Service Location


Localized Scope


Understanding the Installation Structure


Idap.conf


Slapd.conf


Slapd.at.conf


Slapd.oc.conf


Summary



Scripting and Programming LDAP


Utilizing Command-Line Tools


LDAP Controls


LDAP API


Obtaining the LDAP Perl API


Using the LDAP Perl API


Mozilla::LDAP::API


Performing Operations Against Your OpenLDAP Directory


Using Java and JNDI


OASIS Standards


Directory Services Markup Language (DSML)


Directory Schema


Conformance


Summary



Integrating at the System Level


Introducing Network Information Services


Introducing Standard NIS Configurations


Performing Synchronization with LDAP


Performing Direct Integration


Configuring the LDAP Client (Host)


Using the Idapclient Utility


Configuring NSS


Configuring PAM


Setting Up Security


Using Sendmail


Enabling the Software


Building the Binaries


Migrating Information


Setting Up LDAP Routing


Summary



Integrating OpenLDAP with Applications, User Systems, and Client Tools


Preparing for Integration


Integrating Apache


Integrating Pine


Integrating Samba


Integrating Eudora


Integrating Exchange


Integrating LDAP Browsers


Integrating Appliances


Summary


Index