[Info-vax] ldap versus openldap on VMS

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2020-03-31 11:16:34 +0000, john.dite at t-online.de said:

> Upto now all that you have had from Compaq/HPE with regard to an LDAP 
> product was the client part.

Enterprise Directory provides both client (DUA) and server (DSA) components:
http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/PDFs/OpenVMSEnterpriseDirectoryV56.pdf

Folks using ED server (DSA) aren't all that common, given the ubiquity 
of AD and OD LDAP servers.

OpenVMS had a shim to connect LOGINOUT into LDAP authentication.

In addition to OD (which I've tried) and AD (which everybody else 
tried), the LOGINOUT support will probably also connect to ED.

But I've not encountered any folks using ED for OpenVMS authentication.

> As for the Enterprise Directory, I'm not sure whether anyone at VSI has 
> any definitive plans.

They've a VSI-branded version, presumably with whatever patches are 
current. Beyond that?


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