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In this present scenario, people want to use latest technology for accomplishing their tough tasks. So, they are always looking for the best web server through which they can maintain their business secrets effectively. If you want to use the best web server, then you have the option to select one of the best and secure web servers from DNS, LDAP and JMS on Linux. These genres of web servers are fully based on Linux technology. So, these web servers can be used to protect your business privacy without worries. Now, you need to select the best server among all these options.

So, installing OpenLDAP also gives you everything required to present & store the data through LDAP. Learning LDAP is the frustrating experience and LDAP is very complicated, and the centralized authentication is just one of the legitimate uses. Thus, task to make Linux machines consult the LDAP server for the authentication is the black art. The documentation generally tends to be confusing and spotty. However, learning about the LDAP authentication, in spite of difficulty, is worth your time as well as effort. The LDAP will give the scalable & secure approach to the network management.

Setting LDAP based network

We can setup the simple LDAP based authentication system and example can use 2 Debian 3.1 machines, one that is acting as the client & one as the server. In order, to make process simpler, make use of the User Mode Linux for making the virtual Linux boxes, which you may break & abuse to heart’s content. For the simplicity, we may not be encrypting the communication and can stick to the basic examples.

First we may cover server configuration and on the “server” Debian system, issue following command:

apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

This can install the OpenLDAP & related utilities. The Debian can prompt you for the slapd (name of OpenLDAP daemon) configuration.