[Samba] explain me exactly about ldap

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> i wanna know exactly the principal functions of ldap, if is posible send
> me a example because im not very clear about this protocol with samba.

Samba uses LDAP for the same purposes/reasons everything else does - a secure,
high-performance, highly available, hierarchical data repository.

There are several very good texts on LDAP.  Acquire a copy of "Understanding and
Deploying LDAP Directory Services"   ISBN#0672323168