Tripp Lite B051-000 Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema, Ldap DIT Design and Ldif File, DIT Creation

Administration

Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema

The schema that slapd uses may be extended to support additional syntaxes, matching rules, attribute types, and object classes. In the case of the B051-000, the B051-000 User class and the permission attribute are extended to define a new schema. The extended schema file used to authenticate and authorize users logging in to the B051-

000 is shown in the figure, below:

LDAP DIT Design and LDIF File

LDAP Data Structure

An LDAP directory stores information in a tree structure known as the Directory Information Tree (DIT). The nodes in the tree are directory entries, and each entry contains information in attribute- value form. An example of the LDAP directory tree for the B051-000 is shown in the figure, below:

DIT Creation

The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to represent LDAP entries in a simple text format (please refer to RFC 2849). The figure below illustrates an LDIF file that creates the DIT for the B051- 000 directory tree (shown in the figure, above).

The following figure illustrates an LDIF file that defines the OpenLDAP group for the B051-000.

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