Chapter 8. LDAP and the Web
The book thus far has been focused on the LDAP services themselves. In this chapter we will look at integrating LDAP with other services. The focus of this chapter will be on integrating OpenLDAP and LDAP-enabled web services. The goal is not only to provide some concrete examples of certain web services, but also to give a general idea as to the common features of LDAP-enabled applications. We will make use primarily of the Apache web server, and of the phpLDAPadmin tool. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- The basics of LDAP-enabled applications
- Using OpenLDAP for Apache authentication
- Other features of Apache's LDAP module
- Installing and configuring phpLDAPadmin
- Managing a directory server through the ...
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