CARTER : LDAP System Administration

Informationen zum Autor Gerald (Jerry) Carter received his Masters degree in Computer Science from Auburn University! where he continues to pursue his PhD. He has been a member of the SAMBA development Team since 1998 and his involvement with UNIX systems and network administration of UNIX began in 1995. Jerry currently works for HP! working on embedded printing appliances. He has published articles with various web-based magazines and teaches instructional courses as a consultant for several companies and conferences. Gerald has also written books for SAMS Publishing. His web site is http://www.plainjoe.org/. Klappentext Carter discusses using directories for the Unix system administration! and tells readers how to get the directory running! how to get data into the directory! and other critical LDAP skills. Zusammenfassung This work takes a hands-on approach, providing system administrators with the tools they need to understand and implement LDAP. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments;Part I: LDAP Basics; Chapter 1: "Now where did I put that...?", or "What is a directory?"; 1.1 The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; 1.2 What Is LDAP?; 1.3 LDAP Models; Chapter 2: LDAPv3 Overview; 2.1 LDIF; 2.2 What Is an Attribute?; 2.3 What Is the dc Attribute?; 2.4 Schema References; 2.5 Authentication; 2.6 Distributed Directories; 2.7 Continuing Standardization; Chapter 3: OpenLDAP; 3.1 Obtaining the OpenLDAP Distribution; 3.2 Software Requirements; 3.3 Compiling OpenLDAP 2; 3.4 OpenLDAP Clients and Servers; 3.5 The slapd.conf Configuration File; 3.6 Access Control Lists (ACLs); Chapter 4: OpenLDAP: Building a Company White Pages; 4.1 A Starting Point; 4.2 Defining the Schema; 4.3 Updating slapd.conf; 4.4 Starting slapd; 4.5 Adding the Initial Directory Entries; 4.6 Graphical Editors; Chapter 5: Replication, Referrals, Searching, and SASL Explained; 5.1 More Than One Copy Is "a Good Thing"; 5.2 Distributing the Directory; 5.3 Advanced Searching Options; 5.4 Determining a Server's Capabilities; 5.5 Creating Custom Schema Files for slapd; 5.6 SASL and OpenLDAP;Part II: Application Integration; Chapter 6: Replacing NIS; 6.1 More About NIS; 6.2 Schemas for Information Services; 6.3 Information Migration; 6.4 The pam_ldap Module; 6.5 The nss_ldap Module; 6.6 OpenSSH, PAM, and NSS; 6.7 Authorization Through PAM; 6.8 Netgroups; 6.9 Security; 6.10 Automount Maps; 6.11 PADL's NIS/LDAP Gateway; Chapter 7: Email and LDAP; 7.1 Representing Users; 7.2 Email Clients and LDAP; 7.3 Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs); Chapter 8: Standard Unix Services and LDAP; 8.1 The Directory Namespace; 8.2 An FTP/HTTP Combination; 8.3 User Authentication with Samba; 8.4 FreeRadius; 8.5 Resolving Hosts; 8.6 Central Printer Management; Chapter 9: LDAP Interoperability; 9.1 Interoperability or Integration?; 9.2 Directory Gateways; 9.3 Cross-Platform Authentication Services; 9.4 Distributed, Multivendor Directories; 9.5 Metadirectories; 9.6 Push/Pull Agents for Directory Synchronization; Chapter 10: Net::LDAP and Perl; 10.1 The Net::LDAP Module; 10.2 Connecting, Binding, and Searching; 10.3 Working with Net::LDAP::LDIF; 10.4 Updating the Directory; 10.5 Advanced Net::LDAP Scripting;Part III: Appendixes; Appendix A: PAM and NSS; A.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules; A.2 Name Service Switch (NSS); Appendix B: OpenLDAP Command-Line Tools; B.1 Debugging Options; B.2 Slap Tools; B.3 LDAP Tools; Appendix C: Common Attributes and Objects; C.1 Schema Files; C.2 Attributes; C.3 Object Classes; Appendix D: LDAP RFCs, Internet-Drafts, and M...

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Preface;
How This Book Is Organized;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Comments and Questions;
Acknowledgments;
Part I: LDAP Basics;
Chapter 1: "Now where did I put that...?", or "What is a directory?";
1.1 The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol;
1.2 What Is LDAP?;
1.3 LDAP Models;
Chapter 2: LDAPv3 Overview;
2.1 LDIF;
2.2 What Is an Attribute?;
2.3 What Is the dc Attribute?;
2.4 Schema References;
2.5 Authentication;
2.6 Distributed Directories;
2.7 Continuing Standardization;
Chapter 3: OpenLDAP;
3.1 Obtaining the OpenLDAP Distribution;
3.2 Software Requirements;
3.3 Compiling OpenLDAP 2;
3.4 OpenLDAP Clients and Servers;
3.5 The slapd.conf Configuration File;
3.6 Access Control Lists (ACLs);
Chapter 4: OpenLDAP: Building a Company White Pages;
4.1 A Starting Point;
4.2 Defining the Schema;
4.3 Updating slapd.conf;
4.4 Starting slapd;
4.5 Adding the Initial Directory Entries;
4.6 Graphical Editors;
Chapter 5: Replication, Referrals, Searching, and SASL Explained;
5.1 More Than One Copy Is "a Good Thing";
5.2 Distributing the Directory;
5.3 Advanced Searching Options;
5.4 Determining a Server's Capabilities;
5.5 Creating Custom Schema Files for slapd;
5.6 SASL and OpenLDAP;
Part II: Application Integration;
Chapter 6: Replacing NIS;
6.1 More About NIS;
6.2 Schemas for Information Services;
6.3 Information Migration;
6.4 The pam_ldap Module;
6.5 The nss_ldap Module;
6.6 OpenSSH, PAM, and NSS;
6.7 Authorization Through PAM;
6.8 Netgroups;
6.9 Security;
6.10 Automount Maps;
6.11 PADL's NIS/LDAP Gateway;
Chapter 7: Email and LDAP;
7.1 Representing Users;
7.2 Email Clients and LDAP;
7.3 Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs);
Chapter 8: Standard Unix Services and LDAP;
8.1 The Directory Namespace;
8.2 An FTP/HTTP Combination;
8.3 User Authentication with Samba;
8.4 FreeRadius;
8.5 Resolving Hosts;
8.6 Central Printer Management;
Chapter 9: LDAP Interoperability;
9.1 Interoperability or Integration?;
9.2 Directory Gateways;
9.3 Cross-Platform Authentication Services;
9.4 Distributed, Multivendor Directories;
9.5 Metadirectories;
9.6 Push/Pull Agents for Directory Synchronization;
Chapter 10: Net::LDAP and Perl;
10.1 The Net::LDAP Module;
10.2 Connecting, Binding, and Searching;
10.3 Working with Net::LDAP::LDIF;
10.4 Updating the Directory;
10.5 Advanced Net::LDAP Scripting;
Part III: Appendixes;
Appendix A: PAM and NSS;
A.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules;
A.2 Name Service Switch (NSS);
Appendix B: OpenLDAP Command-Line Tools;
B.1 Debugging Options;
B.2 Slap Tools;
B.3 LDAP Tools;
Appendix C: Common Attributes and Objects;
C.1 Schema Files;
C.2 Attributes;
C.3 Object Classes;
Appendix D: LDAP RFCs, Internet-Drafts, and Mailing Lists;
D.1 Requests for Comments;
D.2 Mailing Lists;
Appendix E: slapd.conf ACLs;
E.1 What?;
E.2 Who?;
E.3 How Much?;
E.4 Examples;
Colophon;

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: CARTER, Gerald Carter, Carter Gerald
• Editore: O REILLY & ASS
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.06.2003
• EAN: 9781565924918
• ISBN: 978-1-56592-491-8
• Serie: CLASSIQUE US; CLASSIQUE US; O'Reilly Ser.
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Software applicativo; COMPUTERS / Networking / Network Protocols, nfs, ldap, linux, openldap, directory, Networking standards and protocols