The lessons in the LDAP trail provide details on
the mapping between the LDAP and the JNDI.
They also give hints and tips for accessing the LDAP service
through the JNDI.
The Comparison of the LDAP and JNDI Models
lesson gives an overview of the LDAP and describes
the differences and similarities between the JNDI and the LDAP.
The Security
lesson shows how to use different security
authentication mechanisms and SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
to access the LDAP service.
The Miscellaneous
lesson shows how to perform various tasks such as reading nonstring attributes and
dealing with LDAP aliases and URLs.
The Searches
lesson explains search filters in more detail.
It also explains how the LDAP "compare" operation
relates to the JNDI search methods and how the LDAP "search" operation
is related to other JNDI methods.
The Referrals
lesson explains how LDAP referrals work and how you can use them
from within the JNDI.
The Schema
lesson describes schema information that is available from the LDAP
and how it can be accessed from the JNDI.
The Controls and Extensions
lesson describes how to use LDAP controls and extensions.
The Connections
lesson discusses the relationship between contexts and connections
to LDAP servers. It also includes topics such as connection pooling,
automatic discovery of LDAP service, connection timeouts and detection
of connection closures.
The Frequently Asked Questions
lesson answers many of the questions that you might
have when using the JNDI to access the LDAP service.
Before you go on:
The
Preparations 
lesson described how to set up
the software required to use the JNDI to run the examples in this
tutorial.
The
Directory Operations lesson explained how to set the
Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY
and
Context.PROVIDER_URL environment properties to contact the LDAP server that you are using.
This trail contains more LDAP-specific examples and requires
that additional
data be added to the LDAP server (such as for
setting up aliases and referrals).
To do this, add the entries found in
ldaptrail.ldif
to the LDAP server that you set up according to the
Preparations lesson.
This task is typically performed by the directory server's administrator.
