The OpenLDAP software package is an Open Source and Free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). It is gaining wide acceptance as the directory access method of the Internet and also with corporate intranets.

In this lab, you set up and configure a OpenLDAP server and clients to provide network service of user authenication. You can then use the OpenLDAP client/server to replace your NIS client/server for network user authentication.

Notes: OpenLDAP Use TCP port 389 for regular communication and port 636 for encrypted transactions

Install the following packages required for the OpenLDAP server on centos2