OpenLDAP: Directory service installation

We are going to install a OpenLDAP server in Debian Etch ditribution.

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a directory service hierachy and ditributed, where we can store many information as users, passwords, permisions, cetifications,….

Installation:

• Apt adds more packages: libltdl3 (wrappers using library), libperl (perl), libslp1(OpenSLP Networ Sevices localization protocol).

elite:~# apt-get install slapd ldap-utils
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias... Hecho
Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes extras:
  libiodbc2 libldap-2.3-0 libltdl3 libperl5.8 libslp1 psmisc
Paquetes sugeridos:
  slpd openslp-doc
Paquetes recomendados
  libsasl2-modules
Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes NUEVOS:
  ldap-utils libiodbc2 libldap-2.3-0 libltdl3 libperl5.8 libslp1 psmisc slapd
0 actualizados, 8 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 1 no actualizados.
Necesito descargar 2582kB de archivos.
Se utilizarán 6722kB de espacio de disco adicional después de desempaquetar.

• Configuration:
  • Ask for the passord for administrator user of the LDAP repository (admin).
• Ask for your domain name, my domain: lebrijo.com
• If we want fill a log for the pettions to our directory; in the file /etc/ldap/slapd.conf you must write: loglevel 8
• Redirect LDAP’s log entries to separated file; in the file /etc/syslog.conf, uncomment (or write) the line local4.* /var/log/ldap. This action is for not overload our syslog.

In the future we will see how to install an administrative web-tool called phpLDAPadmin, for a remote and comfortable administration of our LDAP directory.

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