How interhangeable are ldap server?

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Just to be clear, when you say "much custom code" do you mean none if I am
careful, or a little?  This can obviously be a big difference since even
testing a small number of changes against all the LDAP servers we might have
to talk to could be a large task.

Thanks,
-Mont

On 4/14/06, George Holbert <gholbert at broadcom.com> wrote:
>
> I doubt you'll need much custom code for the basics.
> But you'll need to be aware of vendor-specific features and schema, and
> not rely on those in your app, if you want it to work the same on any
> server.
>
> Mont Rothstein wrote:
> > We have a windows app that uses an LDAP server for authentication.
> >
> > For our clients that don't already have an LDAP server we provide
> > FDS.  However many of our clients already have an LDAP server (AD,
> > Novell, IBM, Oracle).
> >
> > How interchangeable are LDAP servers?  Are we likely to be able to
> > just talk to any server, or will we need custom code for each?
> >
> > In addition to authentication we plan to create and assign roles, and
> > possibly use a small custom schema.
> >
> > Any information or pointers to information on this would be
> > appreciated.  I couldn't find anything via Google.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Mont
> >
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