May 8, 2009 · 48 LDAP is a protocol for querying user directories. For example, Active Directory or Novell eDirectory both support LDAP. It is also, to a degree a syntax for doing such queries, …

Jul 30, 2011 · LDAP can be considered a database. But I'm assuming that you mean SQL databases. LDAP data stores are for systems with high number of reads compared to writes. …

Oct 27, 2008 · LDAP is a protocol to access data from directory servers which is a hierarchical database, it is designed for reading, browsing, searching, and organizing data.

LDAP is not a relational database. In fact, it's not a general-purpose "database" at all, it's a tree-structured directory. A lot of the concepts you're familiar with from relational databases don't …

Feb 18, 2010 · It is often said that using LDAP is a good way to store data about users. That's beacause users' "directory" is hierarchical and it changes rarely. But in my opinion that doesn't …

Jul 16, 2013 · 1 In the default configuration, slapd's database files are in /var/lib/ldap not the intuitively obvious /var/lib/slapd which is normally empty.

Jun 30, 2012 · LDAP is also simple, servers are easy to deploy, and modern, professional-quality LDAP servers provide impressive performance vs. relational database, all other things being …

Dec 3, 2009 · I prefer copy the database through the protocol: first of all be sure you have the same schemas on both servers. dump the database with ldapsearch: ldapsearch -LLL -Wx -D …

Jul 18, 2017 · With the HDB backend You can try this approach: go to the /var/lib/ldap directory and run this command: sudo rm __db.* *.bdb log.* The slapd server should preferably be …

Active Directory is a database based system that provides authentication, directory, policy, and other services in a Windows environment LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an …