Level: Intermediate Sean Walberg (sean@ertw.com), Network engineer, Freelance
04 Dec 2007 Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux certification
exam 301. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive self-study guide so you can
take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux
certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux
systems administration. In this tutorial (the second in a series of six tutorials
on exam 301 topics),
Sean Walberg walks you through installing and configuring a
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, and writing some Perl scripts
to access the data. By the end of this tutorial, you'll know about LDAP server
installation, configuration, and programming.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from
the
entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Compiling and installing OpenLDAP from source and from packages
- Writing basic Perl scripts to interact with an LDAP directory
Objectives
This tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the
LPI exam for this topic. This tutorial can help you study for certification—or
simply build a solid foundation in Linux system administration.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this tutorial, you should have an advanced knowledge of
Linux and a working Linux system on which to practice the commands covered. If your fundamental Linux skills are a bit rusty, you may want to first review
the
tutorials for the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams.
System requirements
To follow along with the examples in these tutorials, you'll need a Linux
workstation with the OpenLDAP package and support for PAM. Most modern
distributions meet these requirements.
Duration
2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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