Mastering OpenLDAP configuring, securing, and integrating directory services
"This book is the ideal introduction to using OpenLDAP for Application Developers and will also benefit System Administrators running OpenLDAP. It prepares the reader to build a directory using OpenLDAP, and then employ this directory in the context of the network, taking a practical approach t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Birmingham, U.K.
Packt Pub.
2007
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| Series: | From technologies to solutions
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Search OperationMore Operations: Additions, Modifications, and Deletions; Infrequent Operations; SLAPD Summary; SLURPD; Creating Directory Data; The LDIF File Format; Anatomy of an LDIF File; Representing Attribute Values in LDIF; Example.Com in LDIF; Defining the Base DN Record; Structuring the Directory with Organizational Units; Adding User Records; Adding System Records; Adding Group Records; The Complete LDIF File; Using the Utilities to Prepare the Directory; slapadd; When Should slapadd be Used?; What Does slapadd Do?; Loading the LDIF File; slapindex; slapcat
- Commercial OpenLDAP DistributionSource Code Compilation; A Quick Note on Versions; Installation; Dependencies; Installing OpenLDAP; Configuring the SLAPD Server; Basics; Schemas; More Directives; Module Directives; Database Configuration; ACLs; Verifying a Configuration File; Starting and Stopping the Server; Using the Init Script; Running SLAPD Directly; Configuring the LDAP Clients; A Basic ldap.conf File; Size and Time Limits; Testing the Server; Summary; Chapter 3: Using OpenLDAP; A Brief Survey of the LDAP Suite; LDAP from the Server Side; SLAPD; The Binding Operation
- Modifying the Superior DN with ldapmodrdnldappasswd; ldapwhoami; Summary; Chapter 4: Securing OpenLDAP; LDAP Security: The Three Aspects; Securing Network-Based Directory Connections with SSL/TLS; The Basics of SSL and TLS; Authenticity; Encryption; StartTLS; Creating an SSL/TLS CA; Creating a Certificate; Creating a New Certificate Request; Signing the Certificate Request; Configuring and Installing the Certificates; Configuring StartTLS; Configuring Client TLS; Configuring LDAPS; Debugging with the OpenSSL Client; Using Security Strength Factors; The security Directive
- Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Directory Servers and LDAP; LDAP Basics; What is a Directory?; The Structure of a Directory Entry; A Unique Name: The DN; An Example LDAP Entry; The Object Class Attribute; Operational Attributes; The Directory Information Tree; What to Do with an LDAP Server?; The History of LDAP and OpenLDAP; A Technical Overview of OpenLDAP; The Server; Clients; Utilities; Libraries; Summary; Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration; Before Getting Started; OpenLDAP Binaries for Operating Systems
- Operational Attributesslapacl; slapauth; slapdn; slappasswd; Storing and Using Passwords in OpenLDAP; Generating a Password with slappasswd; slaptest; Performing Directory Operations using the Clients; Common Command-Line Flags; Common Flags; Setting Defaults in ldap.conf; ldapsearch; A Simple Search; Restricting Returned Fields; Requesting Operational Attributes; Searching using a File; ldapadd; Adding Records from a File; ldapmodify; Adding a Record with ldapmodify; Modifying Existing Records; Modifying the Relative DN; Deleting Entire Records; ldapdelete; ldapcompare; ldapmodrdn