Re: Linux Kernel Compatibility

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Friday, June 25, 2004 3:59 PM +0200 Giampaolo Rossi 
<giampaolo.rossi@datamat.it> wrote:

> Is there anybody who can tell me about the compatibility between OpenLDAP
> 2.2.x and the Linux Kernel ?
> Is OpenLDAP 2.2.x compatible with Linux 2.4.24, or with Linux 2.4.21, or
> with Linux 2.4.18 ?

I'm not sure what you mean by are they compatible? Last I check, the Linux 
kernel had no dependencies on any LDAP implementation, nor did the 
underlying operating system.

Do you mean, can you compile OpenLDAP on systems running those revisions of 
the Linux kernel?  There shouldn't be any reason why you couldn't.  Or do 
you mean, can systems running those revisions of the Linux kernel use PAM 
to talk to OpenLDAP 2.2?  Most likely they can, since it all speaks the 
LDAP Protocol, which hasn't changed between OpenLDAP releases, since 
OpenLDAP simply implements the LDAP protocol, and is not its own protocol 
in and of itself...

Hope that helps. :)

--Quanah

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