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Bob Bailey, Senior Developer Lafayette College, Easton , Pa OpenLDAP Bob Bailey, Senior Developer Lafayette College, Easton , Pa Introduction slide
Why Use OpenLDAP? Mature software Simple config Flexible and extensible Included in Linux distributions It’s free!
OpenLDAP Provides: Basic authentication/authorization User ID and password Attributes Stored information about users
OpenLDAP Authorization: eduPerson attributes Context Group membership Combined with memberOf attribute Part of user record Multivalued DN of a group
Merge with Shibboleth Compose attributes based on memberOf Release to service provider
Other LDAPs Novell eDirectory Microsoft Active Directory Fully capable but not FREE!!
Questions?