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To configure LDAP domain controller in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, import the users from the LDAP server with the use of the domain server. Then login using the LDAP and reduce the DNS LDAP priority on the settings.
LDAP data interchange format
If you're referring to LDAP, CN = common name
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) often used in Unix and Linux environments, Active Directory is based on LDAP.
Most Linux distributions come with several PAM authentication modules, including modules that support authentication to an LDAP directory and authentication using Kerberos. You can use these modules to authenticate to Active Directory, but there are some significant limitations.
Softera offers the LDAP brower as lightweight version of the Softera LDAP Administrator, as a free download. the LDAP browser does not allow to modify the LDAP directories by the users.
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The following are some online sources where one can find online information about LDAP; How LDAP works on Person highered site, How to write LDAP search filter on Atlassion documentation, and An introduction to LDAP on Idapman website.
LDAP uses port 389 for encrypted traffic.
transfer data between LDAP-directory servers, apply changes across an LDAP directory and import data from legacy systems
Yes, LDAP exists in both versions.
You definitely need LDAP to mix Windows clients and Linux systems together since they do not share the same authentication technique. You can configure a Samba system to be a domain controller for Windows clients, which would give you the single-signon approach.