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NOTE: CentOS Enterprise Linux is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version. This document applies equally to both Red Hat and CentOS Enterprise Linux.
The following resources offer additional information on LDAP. It
is highly recommended that you review these, especially the
OpenLDAP website and the LDAP HOWTO, before configuring LDAP on
your system(s).
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/usr/share/docs/openldap-<versionnumber>/ directory —
Contains a general README document and
miscellaneous information.
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LDAP related man pages — There are a number of man pages
for the various applications and configuration files involved with
LDAP. The following is a list of some of the more important man
pages.
- Client Applications
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man ldapadd — Describes how to
add entries to an LDAP directory.
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man ldapdelete — Describes how to
delete entries within an LDAP directory.
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man ldapmodify — Describes how to
modify entries within an LDAP directory.
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man ldapsearch — Describes how to
search for entries within an LDAP directory.
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man ldappasswd — Describes how to
set or change the password of an LDAP user.
- Server Applications
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- Administrative Applications
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man slapadd — Describes command
line options used to add entries to a slapd database.
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man slapcat — Describes command
line options used to generate an LDIF file from a slapd database.
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man slapindex — Describes command
line options used to regenerate an index based upon the contents of
a slapd database.
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man slappasswd — Describes
command line options used to generate user passwords for LDAP
directories.
- Configuration Files
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man ldap.conf — Describes the
format and options available within the configuration file for LDAP
clients.
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man slapd.conf — Describes the
format and options available within the configuration file
referenced by both the LDAP server applications (slapd and slurpd) and the
LDAP administrative tools (slapadd,
slapcat, and slapindex).
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OpenLDAP by Example by John Terpstra
and Benjamin Coles; Prentice Hall.
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Implementing LDAP by Mark Wilcox; Wrox
Press, Inc.
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Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory
Services by Tim Howes et al.; Macmillan Technical
Publishing.
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