Status
The umich ldap tools work in cleartext, there are as of yet untested using S
SL, however the ssl support compiles cleanly. The nss_ldap libraries compile on
linux with the patches, and now provide some functionality
Library Status
Here's the magic matrix as to what works under the client (nss_ldap)
libraries.
Untested/Unimplemented
Work In Progress
Nonfunctional
Working
System Call | |
getaliasbyname | | setaliasent | | endaliasent | |
getaliasent | | gethostton | | getntohost | |
setetherent | | endetherent | | getetherent | |
getgrnam | | getgrgid | | setgrent | |
endgrent | | getgrent | | gethostbyname | |
gethostbyaddr | | sethostent | | endhostent | |
gethostent | | getnetbyname | | getnetbyaddr | |
setnetent | | endnetent | | getnetent | |
getprotobyname | | getprotobynumber | | setprotoent | |
endprotoent | | getprotoent | | getpwnam | |
getpwuid | | setpwent | | endpwent | |
getpwent | | getrpcbyname | | getrpcbynumber | |
setrpcent | | endrpcent | | getrpcent | |
getservbyname | | getservbyport | | setservent | |
endservent | | getservent | | getspnam | |
setspent | | endspent | | getspent | |
Features from Netscape Directory FAQ
LDAP v3 Implementation |
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Intelligent referrals: Servers can refer a query to other servers,
depending on what is being asked.
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Support for international character sets such as UTF-8 encoding
and language attribute tags.
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Enhanced security features such as LDAP over SSL and Simple
Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework.
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Dynamically extensible schema: Schema can be published in the
directory and managed through LDAP operations.
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Protocol extensibility: New operations can be added to the protocol
without rewriting it.
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