Re: MySQL and LDAP

To: Adam Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>
Subject: Re: MySQL and LDAP
From: "Kervin L. Pierre" <kervin@blueprint-tech.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:59:50 -0400
Cc: Ángel Carrasco <falkom@arrakis.es>, openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
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Adam Williams wrote:

I need to install MySQL under Linux. Can I integrate MySQL with OpenLDAP?

1. The SQL backend lets you query any db with an ODBC driver from LDAP
(translates between LDAP queries and SQL)

2. You can write your own interface using the shell backend.


Or the perl backend.

you can use perl-dbi to hook to your database.

--Kervin

References:
- MySQL and LDAP
  - From: Ángel Carrasco <falkom@arrakis.es>
- Re: MySQL and LDAP
  - From: Adam Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>