Debian LDAP Server Installation

1) Install the following packages

apt-get install slapd ldap-utils

2) Configure LDAP. Debian installation scripts show a window where you can configure some parameters

       Set the LDAP administrator password

       Retype the password

NOTE: A new LDAP object is created (admin). The DN of this object is composed by its name (admin) plus the DNS domain of the LDAP server.

3) You can test the server executing the following command:

slapcat

Adding a New Directory Branch

1) Edit a file named base.ldif and add the following lines:

File: base.ldif


# create new
# change to your own suffix for the field 'dc=server,dc=world'
dn: ou=people,dc=uis,dc=edu,dc=co
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: people

dn: ou=groups,dc=uis,dc=edu,dc=co
objectClass: organizationalUnit
ou: groups

2) Add the objects using the following command:

ldapadd -x -D cn=admin,dc=uis,dc=edu,dc=co -W -f base.ldif