Randal Rust wrote:
> On 11/2/06, Tim Sailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have some crufty old PHP code I slammed together in a few hours
>> about 4-5 years ago that will show how to manipulate the attributes
>> for mail aliases,
>
> I am in the middle of a project where the client uses LDAP not only as
> a authentication tool, but also as a data store. My understanding is
> that LDAP is not supposed to be used as a data store that is
> frequently updated. Am I correct?
Most LDAP servers are generally optimized to be very fast on read, but not
necessarily fast on updates/changes/additions. If your
client has no problem with the slower pace of writing back to the directory,
I'd say there's nothing wrong with using it in this way.
~c
>
> It currently manages the data for something like 2,000 library
> systems, including contact information, addresses, employees, branches
> and departments.
>
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