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AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

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Client 3<br />

capabilities. In this case, the administrator connects through an<br />

install-time-selected port to a Web server located on the system<br />

containing the directory server. The HTML panels of the administration<br />

interface are presented to the administrator through the Web browser<br />

and guides them through viewing or setting configuration options for<br />

the directory.<br />

This represents an end-user who has a Web browser that is<br />

LDAP-enabled. The protocol flow from this client to the server is<br />

LDAP; therefore, it requires no protocol conversion on the LDAP<br />

server system.<br />

Client 4<br />

This client is running an application that is LDAP-enabled. The<br />

application may have been built using the LDAP Client Toolkit<br />

provided with this product, or it may have been built using an LDAP<br />

client library from another source. Note that the client is shown<br />

connecting to the Replica server but is able to search the directory by<br />

connecting to either the Master or Replica.<br />

Replica directory server<br />

This server is shown with the <strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP Directory product<br />

installed. However, because the replication is achieved using a<br />

standard LDAP connection, the replica server could be any LDAP<br />

server that supports <strong>Version</strong> 2 of the LDAP. Replicas are read-only. A<br />

given master directory server may have multiple replicas configured.<br />

Master directory server<br />

This system runs the server software from the <strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP<br />

Directory product.<br />

11.2 LDAP Protocol Support<br />

<strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP supports <strong>Version</strong> 3 of the LDAP protocol. There is<br />

currently no LDAP <strong>Version</strong> 3 RFC that is approved. This product has been<br />

developed using Internet Draft "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)<br />

", that replaces LDAP (v2) RFC 1777.<br />

Both V2 and V3 LDAP clients and servers are supported. The following<br />

combinations of clients and servers have been tested:<br />

• <strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP version 3 client with Netscape version 2 server<br />

• A University of Michigan version 2 client with <strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP server<br />

• Netscape <strong>Version</strong> 2 client with <strong>AIX</strong> Stand-alone LDAP server<br />

11.3 LDAP Client Toolkit<br />

The LDAP client is represented as a toolkit that provides two types of LDAP<br />

interface. The first is a set of C APIs with associated header files and shared<br />

libraries. The second is a set of Java classes providing functionality equivalent to<br />

the C interface. The toolkit includes man pages describing the LDAP programming<br />

interface.<br />

The LDAP client toolkit includes the following components:<br />

296 <strong>AIX</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>4.3</strong> <strong>Differences</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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