This topic lists the overall steps that are required when configuring
an LDAP server using OpenLDAP.
OpenLDAP software is an open-source implementation of LDAP. This topic
lists the steps to install OpenLDAP 2.0.x on Red Hat Linux™. Specific
versions of LDAP are required, depending on the version of Red Hat Linux.
Table 1 shows the Red Hat version and the OpenLDAP build versions.
Table 1. OpenLDAP build versionsRed Hat Linux release |
OpenLDAP build version |
AS2.1 |
2.0.21 |
7.3 |
2.0.23 |
8.0 |
2.0.25 |
9.0 |
2.0.275 |
The overall steps required are:
- Install the OpenLDAP packages
- Configure the OpenLDAP client
- Configure the OpenLDAP server
- Configure OpenLDAP for SAN File System
The instructions are based on Red Hat Linux 9.0, but other versions should be
similar. The instructions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 should also
be similar.