<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="ldap"> <title>ldap / ldaps</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author>&Lauri.Watts;</author> <author>&tde-authors;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> <date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> <copyright> <year>2010</year> <holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> <holder>&tde-team;</holder> </copyright> <abstract> <para> This handbook describes the ldap protocol. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>TDE</keyword> <keyword>ldap</keyword> <keyword>protocol</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para><acronym>ldap</acronym> is the <emphasis>L</emphasis>ightweight <emphasis>D</emphasis>irectory <emphasis>A</emphasis>ccess <emphasis>P</emphasis>rotocol. It provides access to an X.500 directory, or to a stand-alone <acronym>LDAP</acronym> server.</para> <para>You can use the ldap tdeioslave as follows:</para> <para><userinput>ldap://host:port/ou=People,o=where,c=de??sub</userinput> for a subtree-query</para> <para>or <userinput>ldap://host:port/cn=MM,ou=People,o=where,c=de??base</userinput> for a complete branch.</para> <para>LDAPS is the LDAP protocol encrypted via SSL.</para> </article>