Introduction

LDAP

Table of Contents

Architecture

Servers      FTP     Samba    SSH
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                     |
                  ---v----
                  | LDAP |
                  ---|----
                     v
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Users              /  \
                  /    \
               userA  userB

Hosts: files, dns, nisplus

chrony{c,d}
used for mobile systems and virtual matchines to update their system clock after a period of suspension or disconnected from network

ntp client or ntp server

Features

  • Distributed (tree topology)
  • Schema support
  • Read optimization