| Name : perl-DBD-LDAP
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| Version : 1.00
| Vendor : obs://build_opensuse_org/devel:languages:perl
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| Release : 1.42
| Date : 2024-08-05 20:24:32
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| Group : Development/Libraries/Perl
| Source RPM : perl-DBD-LDAP-1.00-1.42.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.11 MB
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| Packager : (none)
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| Summary : Provides an SQL/Perl DBI interface to LDAP
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Description :
LDAP stands for the \"Lightweight Directory Access Protocol\". For more
information, see: http://www.ogre.com/ldap/docs.html
DBD::LDAP is a DBI extension module adding an SQL database interface to
standard LDAP databases to Perl\'s database-independent database interface.
You will need access to an existing LDAP database or set up your own using
an LDAP server, ie. \"OpenLDAP\", see (http://www.openldap.org).
The main advantage of DBD::LDAP is the ability to query LDAP databases via
standard SQL queries in leu of cryptic LDAP \"filters\". LDAP is optimized
for quick lookup of existing data, but DBD::LDAP does support entry
inserts, updates, and deletes with commit/rollback via the standard SQL
commands!
LDAP databases are \"heirarchical\" in structure, whereas other DBD-supported
databases are \"relational\" and there is no LDAP-equivalent to SQL \"tables\",
so DBD::LDAP maps a \"table\" interface over the LDAP \"tree\" via a
configuration file you must set up. Each \"table\" is mapped to a common
\"base DN\". For example, consider a typical LDAP database of employees
within different departments within a company. You might have a \"company\"
names \"Acme\" and the root \"dn\" of \"dc=Acme, dc=com\" (Acme.com). Below the
company level, are divisions, ie. \"Widgets\", and \"Blivets\". Each division
would have an entry with a \"dn\" of \"ou=Widgets, dc=Acme, dc=com\",
\"ou=Blivets, dc=Acme, dc=com\", etc. Employees within each division could
have a \"dn\" like \"cn=John Doe, ou=Widgets, dc=Acme, dc=com\", etc.
With DBD::LDAP, we could create tables to access these different levels,
ie. \"top\", which would have a \"DN\" of \"dc=Acme, dc=com\", \"WidgetDivision\"
for \"ou=Widgets, dc=Acme, dc=com\". \"BlivetDivision\" for \"ou=Blivets,
dc=Acme, dc=com\", etc. Tables can also be constained by additional
attribute specifications (filters), ie constraining by \"objectclass\", ie.
\"(objectclass=person)\". Then, doing a \"select * from WidgetDivision\" would
display all \"person\"s with a \"dn\" containing \"ou=Widgets, dc=Acme, dc=com\".
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