LDAP System Administration: Putting Directories to Work

A great source of knowledge about ldap protocol and implementations. Great!

I am still reading this book and it does have alot of useful information for LDAP. Coming from the Windows world of administration is misleading as to what a directory service actully is. When I started I only envisioned using LDAP for account creation (Active Directory). I had no idea that the protocol was used for a wide array of solutions in complex I.T. configurations. Although the book is good it does not have a simple step by step guide for a beginer just wanting to set up a domain as easy as it is in windows. I Still reccomend the book as a great resource!

Nunca pasará de moda ldap

As usual, ORiely delivered on it's outstanding standard! Exactly what I wanted.

This book in particular didn't have as much troubleshooting examples as I would like, but is still a great reference source.

This book is probably the best book I have ever read on OpenLDAP implimentation. The title is somewhat misleading in that it does not go into LDAP in general, including deep history, heavy schema development, etc. However, it covers the down and dirty of implimenting OpenLDAP in detail. It covers: -detailed slapd.conf configuration -pam_ldap -nss specific and pam specific configuration parameters in ldap.conf -DNS implimentation with LDAP -conversion tools This book is an excellent guide on actually putting LDAP to work, including design, configuration and implimentation. This book is NOT designed for people looking to impliment other LDAP software (iPlanet, etc). This book does not cover in depth enterprise level roll-out, research, and user feedback. But if you want a great book that covers configuration and usage of OpenLDAP and Linux..this IS the book for you.

If you are new to network information management this this is not the book for you. If, however, you have some type of system administration background utilizing information management system such as Active Directory, NIS, NIS+, or even a baseline knowledge of LDAP then this book will help fill some of the gaps. LDAP System Administration starts with a brief review of LDAP in its incarnations and takes you quickly into the theory of distributed directory services. This book will work best if you some place where you can experiment with the commands a bit. The book does a good job of describing LDIF files which are a must for all but the most insignificant updates. Once you have an understanding of the commands, I suggest you get one of the graphical tools discussed in the book. These tools will allow you to import and export LDIF files and, in general, make your life a delight. If you are building your first distributed directory implementation, get one of the books on Unix system administration or the NIS/NFS system administration book. Though I bought the paper version of this book, I was happy to see a Kindle version available. I may still yet get the Kindle version but for now, the paper version is meeting my needs.

The author is obviously very knowledgeable on LDAP and walks the reader through the history of LDAP from X.500 to the present time. The author quotes RFCs and IETF drafts when necessary, since some standards were not in place at the time of writing. This book does focus on LDAPv3, but gives advice about migration from LDAPv2, if you are still stuck in the past. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to deploy LDAP. It is also the best Kindle-ready book available on the topic of LDAP. I bought this book because another LDAP book was not available on Kindle. I am pleased with that decision and do recommend this to any Kindle owners. There were a few table formatting issues on some pages, but they were minimal. THUMBS UP!