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7.2.3 Remote OSD Administration Tab (continued)
7. Administration
(continued)
Starting the OpendLDAP Server
To start the OpenLDAP Server, run slapd (the OpenLDAP Server
executable file) from the command line. slapd supports a number of
command line options, the most important option is the d switch that
triggers debug information. For example, a command of slapd -d 256
would start OpenLDAP with a debug level of 256, as shown in the
following screenshot:
Note: For details about slapd options and their meanings, refer to the
OpenLDAP documentation.
Customizing the OpenLDAP Schema
The schema that slapd uses may be extended to support additional
syntaxes, matching rules, attribute types, and object classes. In the case of
the B020-U08-19-IP, the User class and the permission attribute are
extended to define a new schema. The extended schema file used to
authenticate and authorize users logging in to the KVM switch is shown
in the following figure:
LDAP Data Stucture
An LDAP directory stores information in a tree structure known as the
Directory Information Tree (DIT).
The nodes in the tree are directory
entries, and each entry contains information in attribute-value form. An
example of the LDAP directory tree is shown in the figure:
DIT Creation
The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is used to represent LDAP
entries in a simple text format (please refer to RFC 2849). The following
figure illustrates an LDIF file that creates the DIT for the B020-U08-19-
IP directory tree:
The following figure illustrates an LDIF file that defines the OpenLDAP
group for the B020-U08-19-IP.
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