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| ====== Installing and Configuring OpenLDAP ====== | ====== OpenLDAP: Installation and Configuration ====== |
| Often it is advantageous to have authentication, security and application settings centralised for ease of management. Microsoft provide Active Directory for Windows users and through the use of [[http://www.openldap.org/|OpenLDAP]], we can duplicate this behaviour in a cross-platform and open-source way. An [[wp>LDAP|LDAP]] directory can be used to provide single sign-on for Linux, Windows, OSX and web-based applications as well as network authentication via [[wp>RADIUS|RADIUS]]. | Often it is advantageous to have authentication, security and application settings centralised for ease of management. Microsoft provide Active Directory for Windows users and through the use of [[http://www.openldap.org/|OpenLDAP]], we can duplicate this behaviour in a cross-platform and open-source way. An [[wp>LDAP|LDAP]] directory can be used to provide single sign-on for Linux, Windows, OSX and web-based applications as well as network authentication via [[wp>RADIUS|RADIUS]]. |
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