This section provides a quick overview of the steps you'll need to take
to get an LDAP directory working.
Make sure the openldap RPM, and any other
LDAP-related RPMS that you need, are installed.
See either the Quick Start Guide at the
OpenLDAP site (http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/172.html;
start at "Create configuration file for slapd," since the LDAP files
are already installed), or see the Linux-LDAP HOWTO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDAP-HOWTO.html)
for instructions on using LDAP on your system. Both cover the rest
of these steps.
Edit the slapd.conf file to get it right for
your system.
Start slapd.
Create your LDAP directory (examples of LDAP entries are provided at
the PADL Software website at http://www.padl.com/ldap_examples.html).
Add entries to your LDAP directory with ldapadd
or with a script.
Use ldapsearch to see if slapd
is working.
At this point, your LDAP directory should exist. The next step is
to configure your LDAP-enabled applications so that they can use the
LDAP directory.
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