Directory Services
Introduction to OpenLDAP Directory Services. These allow you to expose external data sources to slapd using popular programming languages (Perl, shell, SQL, and TCL). In CNET News.com (July 12, 1999). This section provides a basic introduction to directory services and, in particular, the directory services provided by slapd(8). How is the information protected from unauthorized access?
AnyWho provides a free White Pages People Search so you can quickly lookup phone numbers listed in the White Pages phone book. In CNN Tech News (July 14, 1999). Standards development can be a slow process but without standards communities may develop systems which do not interoperate when the time comes to share resources in a network environment. Novell has decided to donate its DirXML work to the DSML TC, and the ‘DirXML NDS DTD’ is available for review. Other services are global, providing service to a much broader context (e.g., the entire Internet).
What is a directory service? Also, a number of programmable database modules are provided. An application may even need to use different protocols within one business transaction. Examples are OMNI (health and medicine) and SOSIG (social sciences). This document describes how to build, configure, and operate OpenLDAP software to provide directory services.










