Thanks for your explaination, I think I get it now. So you can use DS for many purposes such a single login to different web services such as phonebook, e-mails, computer logins and etc. Where can I found some useful tutorial to teach me how to setup the single login? The way we use it at work is kind of weird (atleast that's what I think). We use it to store CORBA reference and client application uses the DS to query for the reference to perform remote invocations. RFC 2714 explains the usage of CORBA with LDAP. I would like to learn more about how people use the LDAP beside the typical phonebook, emails and comptuer logins. Is there any other common usages or special usage that I am missing? I would like to take more advantage from the LDAP. thanks for reading! - dc <div>On 6/22/06, Seth Nickell <<a href="mailto:snickell@gmail.com">snickell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Single sign-on just means that the users logs into their computer ( / the network) once, and is then authenticated to lots of different services. For example, I log in to my laptop, and then don't have to type a username and password to use mail, employee directory, wiki, etc. -Seth On 6/21/06, Chun Tat David Chu <<a href="mailto:beyonddc.storage@gmail.com">beyonddc.storage@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Sorry, I am a DS newbie. I read the design theme website, and I don't quit > get the part that talks about "single sign-on". Can you or anyone please > explain to me what that means. > > Thanks! > > -dc > > > > On 6/16/06, Satish Chetty < <a href="mailto:schetty@redhat.com">schetty@redhat.com</a>> wrote: > > Seth, > > I think it is a good document. I have been speaking to potential > > customers over the last few weeks and I increasingly see that many of > > them want solutions and not just product features. They want to know > > what they are missing (problems), why our technology can address those > > problems. > > > > Let me make a list of business related product feature/solutions > > requests I've heard from customers. > > > > Cheers, > > -Satish. > > > > Seth Nickell wrote: > > > Kicking off some list discussion about where we might want to take DS... > > > > > > After talking a bit w/ Nathan, I realized that we've been bouncing > > > around ideas that fall loosely into one of two classes: > > > > > > 1. Refocus DS on one of the goals for which LDAP is already recognized > > > 2. Expand the set of goals for which LDAP is recognized > > > > > > I've written up a bit more about the idea here: > > > > > > > <a href="http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Design_Themes_for_DS"> http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Design_Themes_for_DS</a> > > > > > > Also planning to use: > > > > > > <a href="http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Design">http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Design </a> > > > > > > To start collecting design thoughts. > > > > > > -Seth > > > > > > -- > > > Fedora-directory-devel mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com</a> > > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel </a> > > > > > > -- > > Fedora-directory-devel mailing list > > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com</a> > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel</a> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com"> Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel</a> > > > -- Fedora-directory-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-devel@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-devel </a> </blockquote></div>