Re: Best book on OpenLDAP SysAdmin?

[nightolo <night@freaknet.org>]

Il giorno 17/feb/05, alle 09:58, Alessandro Bottoni ha scritto:
> My O'Reilly/Unix imprinting would lead me to buy "LDAP System 
> Administration"
> by Gerald Carter (O'Reilly). It seems to be clear, exhaustive and well
> organized. Unfortunatley, I have seen that a few Amazon readers 
> liquidate
> this book as a "bunch of well-known stuff collected on the Net".

Hi,
I agree with opinion of these Amazon readers, I don't think that's a 
good book,
despite of O'Reilly fame.

> A good alternative seems to be "Deploying OpenLDAP" by Tom Jackiewicz
> (APress). This books seems to be very specific of OpenLDAP and more 
> detailed
> than Carter's. Despite the very good reviews I have read at Amazon's, 
> I still
> have the feeling that this book is not as well organized as Carter's.

I bought this book and I think it's very useful for LDAP system 
administration, it's
very detailed about major problems you can find while configuring 
OpenLDAP.

> Another good choice seems to be "The ABCs of LDAP: How to Install, 
> Run, and
> Administer LDAP Services" by Reinhard Voglmaier. Unfortunatley, I was 
> able to
> find just one review on the Net and I would like to hear a few more 
> opinions
> on it before buying.

I don't know this book, sorry

> Finally, I'll probably buy "Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory
> Services" by Timothy Howes, Mark Smith et others, just because I need 
> an
> introductory book that deal with database design/creation and other
> high-level topics. Anyway, this is a different matter than SysAdmin.

I also bought this book, it's a very good book, maybe too much theoric 
but
you can learn LDAP basis trough that book, for example if you don't know
what's binding, or how work SASL, or so much other things like 
referral, etc.

If you want necessary theoric knowledge of OpenLDAP protocol and
operations you could buy "Deploying OpenLDAP", else, if you want to know
deeply OpenLDAP protocol buy "Understanding and Deplying LDAP Directory
Services" and also read RFC documents about LDAP Protocol.

Ciao, Antonio