topic Re: LDAP in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/ldap/m-p/2668423#M615931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.</P><P></P><P>In big organizations LDAP plays a very important role in maintaining employee information, as it proivides fast lookups and also less frequent updates are the norm.</P><P></P><P>LDAP is not limited to contact information of people. LDAP is used to look up encryption certificates, pointers to printers and other services on a network, and provide "single signon" where one password for a user is shared between many services. </P><P></P><P>this is the basic of LDAP and the detail depends on what context u r going to use LDAP.</P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Sasha.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:44:27 GMT Former Member 2007-08-27T04:44:27Z LDAP https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/ldap/m-p/2668422#M615930 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi all,</P><P> can any 1 xplain me the use of LDAP??</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:42:19 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/ldap/m-p/2668422#M615930 Former Member 2007-08-25T03:42:19Z Re: LDAP https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/ldap/m-p/2668423#M615931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.</P><P></P><P>In big organizations LDAP plays a very important role in maintaining employee information, as it proivides fast lookups and also less frequent updates are the norm.</P><P></P><P>LDAP is not limited to contact information of people. LDAP is used to look up encryption certificates, pointers to printers and other services on a network, and provide "single signon" where one password for a user is shared between many services. </P><P></P><P>this is the basic of LDAP and the detail depends on what context u r going to use LDAP.</P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Sasha.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:44:27 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/ldap/m-p/2668423#M615931 Former Member 2007-08-27T04:44:27Z