Re: [Fedora-directory-users] How interhangeable are ldap server?

["George Holbert" <gholbert broadcom com>]

I doubt you'll need much custom code for the basics.
But you'll need to be aware of vendor-specific features and schema, and 
not rely on those in your app, if you want it to work the same on any 
server.

Mont Rothstein wrote:
> We have a windows app that uses an LDAP server for authentication.
>
> For our clients that don't already have an LDAP server we provide 
> FDS.  However many of our clients already have an LDAP server (AD, 
> Novell, IBM, Oracle).
>
> How interchangeable are LDAP servers?  Are we likely to be able to 
> just talk to any server, or will we need custom code for each?
>
> In addition to authentication we plan to create and assign roles, and 
> possibly use a small custom schema.
>
> Any information or pointers to information on this would be 
> appreciated.  I couldn't find anything via Google.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mont
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