ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) database contains a large number of objects stored in the form of entries. Each object is constructed of attributes. Each attribute has a name and one or more values. The objects are organized in the database in a hierarchical structure that builds a tree, much like a directory on a file system. The chapter provides a more practical approach. It also explains the search function and explains how to construct filters with the help of some examples. The chapter looks at the directory schema and provide some practical examples. It suggests how the theoretical object lDs and matching rules fit into the definitions that are in the configuration files and teaches more about the LDAP data interchange format and understand its importance for importing a directory.
