Using LDAP for mail contacts    Friday, May 20 2005 @ 03:13 AM EDT Contributed by: glosser Linux.com teaches how to setup a basic LDAP directory for use as an addressbook server. Chances are that your email program supports LDAP among its address book options. This article will show you how to set up a basic LDAP directory for use as an address book server in your home or small office. Many corporate users use company-wide LDAP directories to free them from manually synchronizing and updating their contacts -- a convenience that even a two-PC household could benefit from. We will start by installing and configuring OpenLDAP, the free, open-source LDAP server. It is included with virtually all full-sized Linux distributions, but if you must you can download it from OpenLDAP.org. A cautionary note: technically speaking, what we call an "LDAP server" is actually an X.500 directory server, but one that speaks LDAP: the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Defined in RFC 2251, LDAP is a simplified version of the older DAP (I'll let you figure out what that one stands for on your own; thank me later) used for talking to X.500 gateway systems. But DAP did not run over TCP/IP and used significantly higher overhead. An LDAP server can do much more than maintain contact info directories, notably network authentication but a host of other services too. Full tutorial   [ Views: 1398 ]

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