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Introduction to LDAP

Purpose

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a directory service protocol that runs on a layer above the TCP/IP stack. It provides a mechanism used to connect to, search, and modify Internet directories.

How directory service works?

The LDAP directory service is based on a client-server model.

LDAP stores data in tree structure. When LDAP client connects to an LDAP server and requests information or performs an operation, the server performs the operation or provides the information.

Directory Entries