To answer Totohydra's question. Depending on what you want to do it is possible to integrate AD with OpenLdap and have them use the same set of usernames and password. There are products out there for Identity Management that make that integration possible. Both Novell, Microsoft, Oracle and IBM, there may be others, have such products among their product portfolio. »

I could not be more shocked with the pathetic comments posted by both jwilleke and kicdu. First of all LDAP Database in the article means the databases used by the ldap protocol, and that combination of words have been used by the industry all over the place. Thus I don't know if such comments came out of lack of knowledge or even worse a mix of arrogance and stupidity believing that they are experts on the topic. If you have question about the topic presented in the article or question about related topics, those are highly appreciated and welcome. »