22.8. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a user registry in which authentication is performed using an LDAP binding.

WebSphere Application Server security provides and supports implementation of most major LDAP directory servers, which can act as the repository for user and group information. These LDAP servers are called by the product processes (servers) for authenticating a user and other security-related tasks (for example, getting user or group information).

If the error logs do not provide enough information to resolve a problem, you can run the IBM Directory Server in a special debug mode that generates very detailed information. The server executable ibmslapd must be run from ...

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