===== Installing Required Software =====
 
==== Ubuntu ====
apt-get install slapd ldaputils libldap libldap2-dev openssl ldapscripts libpam-ldap ldap-client

During installation, you will be asked to configure ldap-auth-config. For this example, and for general compsoc website development, the following are the recommended answers:\\ 
  ldap server name: ldapi://localhost/
  Distinguished name of the search base: dc=compsoc,dc=nuigalway,dc=ie
  LDAP version to use: 3
  Make local root database admin: yes
  Does the LDAP database require login: no
  LDAP account for root: cn=admin,dc=compsoc,dc=nuigalway,dc=ie
  LDAP root account password: password


==== Gentoo ====
emerge openldap pam_ldap nss_ldap



===== Configuring LDAP Server =====

Next step is to modify the ldap server config file
/etc/slapd.conf



====== Resources ======

Ubuntu [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenLDAPServer]]\\
Gentoo [[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ldap-howto.xml]]\\
TLDP [[http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/LDAP-HOWTO/]]\\
Migration [[http://quark.humbug.org.au/publications/ldap/system_auth/sage-au/system_auth.html]]\\
Migration Scripts [[http://www.padl.com/OSS/MigrationTools.html]]