directory service

[Former Member]

HI All,

Sorry for asking a basic question.I want to know what is directorry service and how is LDAP connected to it .

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Directory service is a way to manage your SAP users.

The guide on how to connect LDAP to the directory service can be found here:

[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmobile71/helpdata/en/44/28f44fdf6653ece10000000a11466f/content.htm|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmobile71/helpdata/en/44/28f44fdf6653ece10000000a11466f/content.htm]

gr.

Nicolas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

One more link for your reference [https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/5714] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken];

[JPReyes]

Directory Services... is a simply a piece of software that let you administrate lots of different types of data, including user administration, policies, printers...etc,

Example,

MS Active Directory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory_Service

Novell Directory services

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_eDirectory

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a protocol to connect to this Directory services..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

Regards

Juan