[Info-vax] HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB) :: PAKs won't load

[Craig A. Berry]

On 2/19/16 5:20 PM, David Froble wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman wrote:

>> TL;DR:  LDAP and Kerberos are like DNS, but for distributed
>> authentication and delegation.  Replicable, distributable, scaleable,
>> available, etc.
>
> As initially claimed, I don't have day to day hands on experience with
> VMS clusters.  It was my impression that the scope of the common data
> was greater than just login authentication.
>
> My vague impression of LDAP is that it's mainly for login
> authentication.  If my understanding is not correct, then I need to do
> more reading.  (I hate that.)

Mainly, maybe, but not only. All sorts of properties and attributes can
be stored with an LDAP account, and of course machines as well as users
can have accounts on the domain. What's not obvious to me is how
something that provides eventual consistency (LDAP replication) would be
adequate for something like VMS clusters, where it does matter *when*
the coordinating machines become aware that other machines have joined
or left.