Re: Merging Oracle and active directory

On Dec 19, 4:13 am, "stevedhow..._at_gmail.com" <stevedhow..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 14, 3:50 pm, "Aquiles.-" <aqco..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi.
>
> > Anyone can guide me on this.
>
> > I have a legacy structure where i have 12000 clients. each client has
> > a password.
>
> > Table_Name = clients
> > Fields= Identificaction, Name, LastName, Password, Active
>
> > 1) any idea about how can create users on LDAP based system ( openldap
> > or active directory ) based on this structure.
> > 2) the solution must active o disable the client on LDAP system if the
> > Active field on oracle table it's true or false.
>
> > please advice me.
>

> Hi,
>
> openldap has a well defined API. You should be able to extract your
> data from your tables and build the ldif file(s) to populate your LDAP
> schema. However, that assumes that the openldap infrastructure
> (service, schema, object model, etc.) is already built. I can't tell
> it that is true based on your question that asks how to create a user
> based on it (Oracle), with the next one asking how to disable access
> based on it. Aren't you doing a one time cutover from your current
> table based setup to LDAP?
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve

OK thanks Steve.

Pedro, Sybrand i heard that using Oracle Virtual Directory each user on the active directory it's a user on the database system. it's that true? Is This Oracle Virtual Directory necesary if only want to syncronice a table with client information to LDAP based system?

Thanks Received on Wed Dec 19 2007 - 09:36:02 CST