I am new to OpenLDAP

["cody wang" <codywang@clunet.edu>]

Hi,
I am just starting to intergrate OpenLDAP and have limit knowledge about
OpenLDAP. Our intitution wants to reduce a few login and password to one
login and password for users by using LDAP technology. I guess that is
called authentication server. My questions are,

1.Does anyone use OpenLdap to authenticate several servers already? How
does it look like? Do you need any application on each side of server,
like some web server has iPlanst and Netscape Directory can intergrate
with LDAP? If I just need to verify login and password through a unix
box, I don't need any application, right?

2.I have finished the LDAP installtion by following the documentation.
However, I think I have to construction our own ldif. I collect a few
example ldif, but I think the most import that I need to understant it.
Do you have any easy way to explain ldif instead of the doc on openldap
web site. 

3.I also read several way to configure authentication servers, such as
pam, Kerberos, samba etc. What is the most easy and saft way to use?

Thanks for you information
Cody


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Cody Wang
Programmer / Analyst
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