Folks:
I've been reading up on LDAP, particularly OpenLDAP. From what I can
determine, it allows one to look up whatever information you choose to
put into the LDAP database. Usually this is things like geographic
location, URL, things like that. But it seems you could also include
things like eye color and birthdate. It apparently has access controls
that allow certain information to be kept confidential unless you are
the right person inquiring.
All this is keen and all. I suppose it would be okay for a huge company
like IBM, where you have tons of employees, and you want a universally
accessible way to dig up internal phone numbers, email addresses, etc.
But beyond that, I don't see a lot of other uses for this. For example,
could LDAP be somehow hooked up to some other part of the O/S to govern
what permissions people have to various directories?
Sorry if this seems like a stupid question. My degree is in recliner
maintenance, not computer science. ;-}
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