> Can someone point me to a description of how the > authentication scheme(s) work in > LDAP? Check out the LDAP v3 RFC and the authentication methods draft: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-authmeth-02.txt How the server stores the passwords (if indeed it does at all; it can use a third-party authentication service such as Kerberos) is orthogonal to the LDAP protocol. -- Luke