"Stephen Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/01/2005 02:39:16 PM:

> I am curious, can MySQL be used for Directory Sevices and act as an 
> LDAP Server.
> 

Not by itself. You will need to write the portion of the server that 
sends, receives, and processes the actual LDAP messages (the LDAP 
service/daemon). However, nothing is stopping you from using MySQL on the 
backend, behind your daemon, as the data storage medium. 

MySQL does not understand the LDAP protocols, it has it's own interface 
that it uses to communicate with its clients. It's your application that 
translates LDAP to SQL and back. Make sense?

Shawn Green
Database Administrator
Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine

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