Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a standard Internet protocol for searching and managing entries in a directory.

HCL Domino® and HCL Notes® provide several LDAP features.

• The LDAP service enables a Domino server to function as an LDAP directory server and process LDAP requests.
• LDAP accounts Notes clients enable Notes users to do LDAP-style searches for an addresses in LDAP directories.
• The ldapsearch utility enables you to use LDAP search syntax to search an LDAP directory.
• Directory assistance can enable a Domino server to use a remote LDAP directory for client authentication and/or to look up the members of groups during database authorization.

  Planning the LDAP service
  A HCL Domino server that runs the LDAP task functions as an LDAP directory server, ready to process requests from LDAP clients. Such requests can come from any of the popular Web browser clients that have built-in LDAP support to retrieve directory information, or from custom LDAP applications designed to search for and manage directory information.

  Planning LDAP accounts on Notes clients
  HCL Notes clients can use LDAP accounts set up in Contacts to connect directly to a remote LDAP directory server. Using an LDAP account, a Notes user can browse the remote LDAP directory and can search for addresses in the remote LDAP directory when sending mail.

  The ldapsearch utility
  Run the ldapsearch.exe utility from the operating system prompt to search any LDAP directory.

Related concepts
Planning directory services
Directory services terms
The Domino LDAP schema

Related tasks
Planning the LDAP service
Planning LDAP accounts on Notes clients
The ldapsearch utility
Planning directory assistance