Re: LDAP : why using OID ?

From: dmz17 <dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 04:50:12 +0100
Message-ID: <pan.2003.01.04.03.50.12.680239@nospam.nowhere.com>

On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:26:00 +0000, Fleury Marcel wrote:

> Hello,
> I would like to authentifie Oracle users by LDAP.
> We already use an LDAP server for Unix users authentification.
> So my question is :
> What is the advantage to use OID in the place of an external LDAP server ?
>
> Advices are welcome.
>
> Thank you

Unfortunately, Oracle want to force their customers (iAS customers anyway) to use their version of ldap.

And why not? The database it has to reside in counts as a kind of license.

Cheers,

dmz17 Received on Fri Jan 03 2003 - 21:50:12 CST