Oracle-L: RE: OpenLDAP instead of OID

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:29:56 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CB665.20030818192956@fatcity.com>

Congratulations Stefan!

Thanks for posting this.
Do you (or anyone else) have any ideas for doing this with Micro$oft Active Directory?

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:15 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi list

Some people where interested in feedback regarding the usage of OpenLDAP instead of OID or Names to resolve TNS strings. Seems to work ;). Here is what to do:

Prerequisite: I used openldap-2.0.23 instead of 2.1, since I had to use CygWin to test it locally on my laptop.

Bill of materials:

CygWin http://www.cygwin.com, I used the latest version, 1.5.2-1test

Oracle Client, version >= 8.1.6.x

OID LDIFS, can be taken from $ORACLE_HOME/ldap/admin, if the OID option is installed, or from
Oracle Disks:
Disk3\stage\Components\oracle.oid.server\9.2.0.1.0\1\DataFiles\admin.1.1.jar

HowTo: http://home.nc.rr.com/jtlayton/oid2openldap.html

Simply follow the howto to get openldap running and include the OID schemas.

Then, create an ldap.ora under $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin, which looks like this:

DIRECTORY_SERVERS=localhost:389
DIRECTORY_SERVER_TYPE=oid
DEFAULT_ADMIN_CONTEXT="cn=Manager,dc=world"

... and change sqlnet.ora to contain:

NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (LDAP) Finished, enjoy.
Stefan

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