LDAP Nameservice Howto

Greg Retkowski <greg@rage.net>

1. Introduction

2. History

• 2.1 In the begining..
• 2.2 Enter LDAP
• 2.3 Addressing NIS Shortcomings

3. The LDAP Domain

• 3.1 The components of an ldap domain.
• 3.2 The structure of an ldap domain.
• 3.3 The LDAP master server
• 3.4 Scaling LDAP with replicas
• 3.5 Scaling LDAP by distributing data.

4. Obtaining and installing the appropriate software

• 4.1 OpenLDAP
• 4.2 ldapns
• 4.3 Netscape DS

5. Setting up LDAP as a Domain service

• 5.1 The ldapinit and ldapmigrate scripts.

6. Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions

• 6.1 How can I get LDAP status information from an OpenLDAP/UofM server?
• 6.2 When using pam_ldap with /usr/bin/passwd it just segfaults!