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User Authentication with OpenLdap on Red Hat Linux and Xylan Switch
This document describes the steps to compile OpenLdap to be used with RedHat Linux 7.0, extend their schema files with the proper object class and attributes. Finanilzing the configuration on a Xylan switch and having user authentication ready to go.

I've written this document for a very large packet carrier as part of "proof-of-concept".