Introduction To LDAP - Common Terminologies

This video kick starts the 'Getting Familiar With OpenLDAP' videos by discussing the common terminologies around LDAP like, LDIF, DIT, suffix, dn, ObjectClass, Attributes etc. This session is intended only to make one familiar with these jargons.

[@bharatnanwani]

Year 2021 and yet this is the best ever series on LDAP available on KZbin. Thank you so much.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much Bharat for taking time to watch my video, more so for your very kind and encouraging comment.

[@wilroydmello]

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Year 2023 and still the best video available on youtube for LDAP. fortunate to get this suggestion, really appreciate you 👏👏

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@notepm8338]

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[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@cutecats6105]

I have been struggling with understanding even basic of LDAP and you made it so easy, best video on LDAP

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@steveo9634]

Really helpful! I appreciate your regular reminders about not getting too caught up in the details and keeping it simple. Everything I've read so far talks about 'basics', but then start to dig deep into object classes, schemas, attributes, the rules for what is used where, etc., without a lot of practical examples to illustrate. Thanks for creating this!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Steven, for your kind words. Glad you found this video useful.

[@munnapanigrahi5519]

This is the best video I came across in order to understand what ldap is. Thank you so much

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Munna, for your kind words.

[@jumanassoro9339]

Thank you so much sir!, i learnt from you in 2018 and implement central authentication in our organisation using OpenLDAP until now we are enjoying!!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@swagatsouravvlogs]

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[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@shanmugan902]

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[@muhammadarslanghafoor3542]

Find it best on LDAP so far. Very helpful and easy to understand lecture. more power to you. Thanks for making this.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much Muhammad.

[@AnassNaqqad]

Great explanation! Many thanks from France 👏

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Anass.

[@brianallison148]

You do a good job explaining the details - and your enunciation allows me to understand you easily. I'd upvote twice if I could.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Very encouraging. It's a compliment that I can live on for days. Thank you again :-)

[@user-yr6lo2im4d]

Amazing explanation. Well done indeed. Keep up the good work

[@srinivasgollanapalli5935]

excellent, first of all your English so clear and coming to your explanation ,it is simply awesome

[@Ranjith_P]

I looked around for some videos in youtube on LDAP ...this is probably the best and most clear one on topic ..thanks 👍

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Ranjith, for taking time to watch the video, more so for very kind and encouraging words.

[@sassyjas1313]

You are a saviour, thanks

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@wanhafizibinwanumaridec9704]

Thank you, this clears alot for me. Thanks a bunch

[@monikumar3993]

Great. Good start for IT beginners. wonderful job.

[@mohamadabdeen6906]

thank you for this great video ,much appreciated .

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You are most welcome @mohamadabdeen6906 . Thank you for watching.

[@mindfreaksaad]

Hats off Mr. Rajesh. This is by far, one of the best introductory videos on LDAP I've come across

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Osmund. Made my day.

[@gabbybermudez5375]

Great video for an introduction! I know nothing about LDAP so this was a fantastic place to start

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you!

[@mandinga900]

I am African and I am sure if I had had a teacher like you I would be a doctor today. Please come to Africa, we need you.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your so very kind and generous comment Glebe. It means a lot and is very very encouraging. Africa, I've heard, is a wonderful place and I truly wish one day I get a chance to journey there. Luckily, the technology has advanced so much so that we can collaborate with each other very effectively regardless of how close we are stationed physically. I'll continue to put efforts to share whatever I know in the best possible ways. Once again , thank you so much for your kindess.

[@mandinga900]

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[@SolomonSAK]

WOW, you just go from LDAP to those issues?

[@DrTedEsq]

I've been in the Active Directory world since, well, it was called NT Domains. I've known LDAP was the background to it, but haven't sat down to learn it fully until I now require it in my life. The idea of CustomTShirtSize as an attribute for an ou=Customers as an auto-add for a customers shop made me grin like the Joker. Thank you, good sir. You are a scholar and a gentleman.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

So kind of you, Greg. Thank you so much!

[@sreenathpnair4490]

Hey The best class I have attended so far. You have a very gifted teaching skill. Proud of you sir.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

So kind of you to say this, Sreenath. Thank you.

[@amitpatil746]

great explanation ...thanks for providing such a great source to have hands on tutorials on ldap.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you for watching, Amit. Your comment is very encouraging. Thanks!

[@antidepressantscale4675]

Awesome series man, thank you.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much.

[@ankitsharma1619]

Its funny but true that I have tried to understand ldap four to five times in past two years. Thanks a lot Sir, I have understood each and every term now. Great explanation, presentation. keep it up

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Ankit. Very kind and encouraging comment. Wish you the best!

[@ankitsharma1619]

Rajesh Rajasekharan welcome sir.

[@ihor_biedin]

Rajesh, you have a great English! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Such a good content!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@esra_erimez]

This is the best video on the topic. Thank you.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Many thanks for your kind comment!

[@praveshrawat4985]

Thank you so much sir, Really liked the passion with which you are teaching.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Pravesh:-)

[@swadhikarc7858]

very good explanation Rajesh. Thanks a lot.!

[@umeshshridar5487]

Really good vedio... We need more guys like u in youtube

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@juozaas]

Simple and clear. Thank you!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You are welcome :-) Thank you for watching, more so for an encouraging comment.

[@vasanthsekar7259]

Thank you so much for the wonderful content

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@staj]

you're THE MAN Rajesh! Very well explained Sir! Keep it up!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much for your encouraging comment:-)

[@chrislyonm]

Phenomenal explanation. Thanks so much.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Chris. So kind!

[@sajanjaiswal3355]

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[@sheiladikshit5110]

excellent presentation! concise and very easy to follow, thank you for creating this 😊

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@Shiva-zy7jq]

Great video. Thanks. Best LDAP video

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@Technicalturbo]

Great .. really good content and proper explanation in this video

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you :-)

[@srikanthr523]

good stuff to start for begineers.. thank q sir

[@pluto9963]

Extremely helpful sir! thanks a ton.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You are welcome. Glad you found it useful.

[@subodhbarman1537]

Thanks for understand me all terms in simple ways

[@Kumeren123]

Thanks for the effort. Cleared up a lot

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Happy to know. Thank you for your comment!

[@sudhirs003]

Very nice introduction to OpenLDAP...Thank you!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Sudhir.

[@basuradeluis]

Thanks a lot for making these videos.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Pleasure! Thank you for your kind comment.

[@WatchfulListener]

Please continue making video's. I love the fact that I can see your face while you are explaning. I miss this kind of concept in Tutorials in KZbin. Also, you always explain "why" or "what". Most of the Tutorials, they just say "do this, do that, it's the best", but you always explain, why it is the best. I would love to see some video's about Active Directory and SCCM from you. Any possibility's?

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Hello Ayhan, Thank you for watching my tutorial, also for your kind and encouraging comments. I'm so glad to know that you find the tutorial useful. I'm no expert in Active Directory & SCCM. Since AD is an infrastructure component that shows up almost everywhere, I'm doing a self learning on the same by the end of which hopefully I can make some tutorials that might be useful for others. Thanks again for taking time to watch videos!

[@Salted_Potato]

Thank you very much for this video

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You're welcome, Tika. Thank you for watching!

[@supriyamishra1886]

thank you so much for the detailed explanation , it really helped me a lot

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you os much, Supriya, for your kind words. Glad you found it useful.

[@relaxhub4178]

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[@pavankumarnallabothu]

Thank you sir!

[@alireza725]

very useful and easy to understand. Thanks!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you Alireza. Glad you found it useful.

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Nice Video.It was very informative,clear and precise

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Kunal, for your kind comment. Very encouraging.

[@robertegloff7770]

Fantastic, Thank you!!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Robert :-)

[@jaykappa1163]

Well thought out presentation covering the important bits. Great introduction!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you :-)

[@ramshankarreddy5534]

@@RajeshRajasekharan hi, Will you provide online classes for forge rock openam

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

@@ramshankarreddy5534 Only those programs authorised by ForgeRock University

[@ramshankarreddy5534]

@@RajeshRajasekharan if I want to learn forgerock openam, is there any possible way in this pandemic situation? Pls let me know if any Thank you

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

​@@ramshankarreddy5534 The best place to start would be the "Getting Started documentation" from ForgeRock here: backstage.forgerock.com/docs/am/6.5/quick-start-guide/ The best way to learn ForgeRock products is to have a local environment setup, and try different use cases referring to the ForgeRock documentation / forums. I have a playlist that has 82 videos various use cases around all the four ForgeRock products. Though based on older versions, it should help you learn quite a bit before we get to see a virus free environment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haHQkmqDrZeNr9k

[@nukpiaedjgzd7437]

Really good explanation, thanks!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you:-)

[@rickyru4942]

Thanks. It is very useful. Is ou an attribute under the object class 'organizationUnit'? or uid an attribute under the object class 'Account'? What is the difference with other attributes under the same object class? What attribute I can use as part of the DN?

[@awikhan744]

very informative video, thanks alot. From Pakistan

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You are most welcome, Awi Khan. Thank you so much for your kind comment.

[@shantanu35044]

Very nice explanation Rajesh ... the iterative way of tutoring is very nice ... Appreciate your efforts

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you Shantanu :-)

[@tarekmadani5780]

Amazing! Thank you sooooooooooooo much

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@niniyes1]

thank you sir. well explained.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@anshupandey4620]

This was very helpful. Thanks

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Anshu.

[@nagarohith700]

Excellent presentation.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@esselsam2442]

This guy is too good!!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

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[@inetregsameer]

Man, you are amazing

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you!

[@madhanr7730]

Its very nice and easy understanding in a concepts

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@HassanOmariprofile]

Thanks a lot, very helpful

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Hassan.

[@ruchk3872]

Excellent !!!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you , Ruchi :-)

[@kathyfelix4512]

You explain really well.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Kathy.

[@ChristopherChaduka]

This is very good!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Christopher :-)

[@yashveersingh4293]

Very best yet

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Yashveer.

[@georgezviadgoglodze7810]

good work. thanks

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Zviad!

[@nestorguemez4846]

Great video!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Nestor.

[@srigadde4893]

Hi Rajesh...Thank you for the openldap playlist. I am looking for knowledge base build a process to add and modify ldap entries using database table. Can you please provide your inputs. Thank you

[@ankitrajput1894]

Helpful!

[@bert-janstroop3257]

Good demonstration, Rajesh. thx

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Bert-Jan :-)

[@kesavareddy4508]

Awesome sir...!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you so much, Kesava!

[@jega87]

Great Video Rajesh.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Jega :-)

[@YasheshBharti]

This is Awesome! ELI5 for LDAP

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Yashesh.

[@jessemunson1352]

Great stuff

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Jesse

[@leo-rq2ei]

I wish you would’ve talked more about the schema but good video👍

[@mendukumarswamy]

Great and detail explanation Thank you Rajesh

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you Mendu!

[@mendukumarswamy]

Rajesh Rajasekharan just started learning about LDAP more sessions to go 👌

[@timonhawii1327]

This is very insightful. Can you help me with a link on how i can intergrate different sites so that am able to access all of them using one credential?

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Hello Timon, You are looking for SSO (Single Sign On). You have a number of vendors who offer tools to achieve Single Sign On. I have on my KZbin Channel and playlist titled 'ForgeRock' Videos. It has videos on a product called OpenAM that helps achieve SSO across Web Application. Please see if it helps.

[@amritabanerjee6115]

Hi Rajesh, awesome job sir. I just got the intro of the video (about 22 mins) where do I find the remaining of it.

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Hello Amrita, Thank you for watching. The OpenLDAP playlist that has all OpenLDAP videos is at the link below: m.kzbin.info/aero/PLfO6SFqcY2PrDR5yct96n4qfgMmh6g0eP It might help to watch them in sequence. Rajesh

[@carlchristiantabotabo3323]

Thank you this videos sir. Do you have a videos for exchange server sir?

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Hello, Not yet :(

[@SagarBorseTheGeek]

Nice content.... just one request to make, next time please record in less noisy environment.

[@FreeScience]

As the noise seem pretty uniform a noise suppression filter would probably work pretty well.

[@bhagyashriajmera6076]

Nice video for basic understanding of LDAP parameters I have to develop the java LDAP application using Spring , Do you have any ideas for same?

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you Bhagashri. I don't have any knowledge of using LDAP SDK for Java. Sorry I couldn't help you much here.

[@bhagyashriajmera6076]

No problem.. Thanks Rajesh

[@ThePandurangmajik]

Very helpful

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Glad to know. Thank you!

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you, Pandurang!

[@kiranvemuri4374]

is ldap used for creating user accounts like activ directory in windows

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

LDAP stands for Light Weight Directory Access Protocol. Just they way 'http' is used to access Web Pages running on a Web Server, LDAP is used to access data on a LDAP Server. Active Directory is Microsoft's implementation of an LDAP Server. You use LDAP to access AD. Similarly other Directory Services like OpenLDAP, OpenDJ are different implementations of a LDAP server. You use LDAP to access data in there too. So yes, LDAP is used to create/modify/read information on LDAP server (like AD).

[@moorthyy27]

good vdieo sir

[@412charan]

Hello Sir, I need your help in understanding push replicas. Are we really need a push replicas, if so how many minimum push replicas needed.I have 4 masters,4 replicas now I want to see if this is a efficient architecture or not. Reason for rechecking for architecture are am having problems on 3 servers which have incorrect replica id 65535. But actual supplier id that was configured is different.am worrying if we add server with incorrect replica id replication might messup or so. Please help me sir.I can connect with you offline.

[@TheStormOfKnowledge]

LDAP is the protocol to access the data in the directory service database. LDAP itself does not store the data as shown in the first screenshot that is shown. Please correct me if i am wrong! :)

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

You are right, LDAP is a protocol and LDAP server is an implementation of that protocol. I had oversimplified that on the whiteboard, but do mention it during the discussion.

[@TheStormOfKnowledge]

@@RajeshRajasekharan tysm... Yes, you did mention it during the discussion.. thank you for the clarification and educating me❤️

[@dhanalakshmiadimulam4411]

Sir... I am a housewife...I have done my MCA...I lives in bangalore..and I want to learn foregerock IDM From you..I went through ldap tutorial...the way of explaining is too good...in the same way I want to learn forgerock too..can you please tell me how to approach you and learn foregerock...

[@mggarekar]

Nice

[@satishshewale2572]

I need help regarding openldap and how to create custom person in openldap

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Hello Satish, I think you are looking for extending the Schema in OpenLDAP. The following documentation section might give you a lot of hints: www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/schema.html#Extending%20Schema

[@elabeddhahbi3301]

i really like your explanation and your method but everything change in the dynamic ldap and i hop you can find the time to make a new series at this matter

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you for your comment. Could you let me know what you meant by dynamic ldap and I'll try and see if I can generate some contents around it.

[@elabeddhahbi3301]

@@RajeshRajasekharan im a noob so i was trying to follow you step by step and nothing works cus a lot of directory and file changed and i found dr murphy on youtube speak about the slapd.conf changing to cn=config format so that's all i know thank you any way i ask every linux channel i subscribed to it and nobody answering me

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

@@elabeddhahbi3301 No problems, Sir. In all likelihood, you are referring to the Online Configuration (OLC) in OpenLDAP. I am covering that in a video tutorial at the following link : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXPKmnSJnq2knJo My full OpenLDAP playlist is here, just in case: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXPKmnSJnq2knJo Thanks for watching!

[@abhijitroy-ch2my]

sudo does not work over TLS. I am using ubuntu-16.04 as my ldap server & client. Sudo for ldap users was working fine until i configured TLS. After TLS was configured when i login with my ldap suer i can login in the client but then when i do 'sudo su' it prompt for the password again & again & following found in /var/log/auth.log: Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20054]: nss-ldap: do_open: do_start_tls failed:stat=-1 Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20054]: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP server ldap://10.125.1.145 Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20054]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=10.125.1.191 user=support Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20054]: pam_ldap: could not open secret file /etc/ldap.secret (No such file or directory) Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20052]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for support from 10.125.1.191 port 46090 ssh2 Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20052]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user support by (uid=0) Jul 13 21:38:17 ip-10-125-1-191 sshd[20052]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: No such file or directory Jul 13 21:38:36 ip-10-125-1-191 sudo: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server... Jul 13 21:38:36 ip-10-125-1-191 sudo: nss_ldap: reconnecting to LDAP server (sleeping 1 seconds)... Jul 13 21:38:37 ip-10-125-1-191 sudo: nss_ldap: could not search LDAP server - Server is unavailable I have tested my TLS works fine. I followed this links to configure TLS: www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Ubuntu_16.04&p=ssl www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Ubuntu_16.04&p=openldap&f=4 I have searched google & few links says it's a bug. However i am not quite sure about it. I request for your suggestion. It will be great if you can help me on this.

[@romeetsingh3788]

Video starts 2:20

[@polassalop]

Watching at 2022

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you!

[@ganapathipentu1152]

Very good explanation, thanks a lot Sir !!! _/\_

[@RajeshRajasekharan]

Thank you!