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LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, is the system that now powers the DND at Dartmouth College.

(In fact, the DND can access data through LDAP, an Oracle database?, or (the original) flat-file format.)

General Notes

• Dartmouth doesn't seem to be using OpenLDAP? ( http://www.openldap.org/ ), but is instead using NetscapeLDAP? or somesuch...

• LDAP Error Codes? -- general list is here:
  • http://leto.net/docs/ldap_error_code.html
  • http://web500gw.sourceforge.net/errors.html

How do I authenticate my application off of LDAP?

This is a common issue with different pieces of software, including the TWiki.

• Jabber -- Jared has been working on this problem, and hopefully we'll figure it out soon :-)

• TWiki -- I (Robinson) have been working on getting the twiki tied into LDAP, and I've found a couple of different resources
  • A note on http://twiki.org seems to indicate that a simple change to the .htaccess file can make authentication via LDAP possible:
    • http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiOnIntranets
      
      
  • This note on twiki.org mentions a modified SessionPlugin? to support LDAP authentication:
    • http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiAuthenticationMethods

website

There doesn't seem to be a 'general site' concerning LDAP at Dartmouth. (but feel free to put stuff up on the wiki! :-)

RobinsonTryon - 09 Feb 2003