Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Phil Pishioneri <>]

On 10/23/13 12:52 PM, Shilen Patel wrote:
> We talked about this on the Grouper call.  One option may be to use a 
> virtual directory like OVD (not sure off hand about open source 
> options).  OVD would provide the LDAP interface.  When LDAP calls are 
> made to OVD, it can trigger custom built adapters that can then call 
> Grouper.  So the adapters would serve as the gateway without having to 
> implement the LDAP protocol.  Just a thought.

Open source options: OpenLDAP has several backends that may perform 
adequately (or at least provide proof of concept). At

   
http://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=%285%29&sektion=&apropos=1&manpath=OpenLDAP+2.4-Release&title=Section


see these, perhaps other entries:

 * slapd.backends(5): backends for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
 * slapd-perl(5): Perl backend to slapd
 * slapd-shell(5): Shell backend to slapd
 * slapd-sql(5): SQL backend to slapd


-Phil