Appendix A - OpenLDAP: Multiple DITs

A single LDAP server can support one or more DIT(s).

Each DIT is entirely separate and has its own naming-context (or name space).

The following diagram illustrates this configuration:

In the case of OpenLDAP each DIT and its suffix (a.k.a root or base) i.e. dc=mydomain.dc=com and dc=mydomain,dc=net is defined in a separate database entry in the slapd.conf file.

A configuration HOWTO is provided.

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