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LDAP Tools - Where are they?

Posted by Cliff on from the an-empty-toolbox-is-useless dept.

fixe asks: "I have spent the last few months up to my eyeballs in LDAP. While I am still hopeful of what LDAP can bring to the table I am admittedly disappointed in the tools, support and documentation surrounding the standard. I have been successful at creating and populating an LDAP directory and even authenticating against it, however I cannot find decent replacements for useradd, userdel, usermod, passwd, etc. Nor have I found any decent LDAP editors or browsers (preferably console or web-based). I am hoping that the Slashdot crowd might be able to shed some light on the subject. Are there any LDAP veterans out there who can reccommend any tools? What is the best way to maintain system account synchronization with an LDAP directory? Or perhaps, is there a more attractive alternative to LDAP?"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Directories are dead in the water by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 1, Troll
    Yes, there are people using LDAP, there are even people using X.500 - but more or less these technologies have not altered IT thinking in the dramatic way they were positioned. Arguably the XML-based approach of web services is more timely - its hard to make an argument of listing another protocol on an isolated port to provide a solitary service.

    There also doesn't appear to be much corporate interest - Microsoft has moved its mindshare strategies to web services, leaving the only big backer of LDAP being Novell - not really a key industry player at this point.

  4. Uhh.... what's LDAP? by Stiletto · · Score: 0, Troll


    Anyone care to tell us what LDAP is and who uses it? Or at least what does the acronym stand for?

  5. Re:RIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ok, ROD@rochester.edu ; I subscribed u and sold the list of users @ the LDAP site to a spam haven. BTW, how r u? i am just curious, r u sec c? i just sent 15 pictures of big cocked mails, thanks . luv ya.

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  8. Re:There's NDS DAMN STRAIGHT! by jafac · · Score: 1, Troll

    Technically it's great - but from a realistic point of view, I would forget about it. It's obvious that Microsoft has NDS targeted for termination. And nobody seems interested in stopping them. No sense in investing in what's obviously going to be dead technology. Unfortunately.

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  10. Re:Active Directory by Score+Whore · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would have to say that since DHCP is a microsoft technology, then anyway that microsoft implements it is the "RightWay(TM)". Any other implementations are incomplete at best or incorrect at worst.

  11. Re:Isn't Active Directory an LDAP implementation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The active directory database is stored in DHCP