LDAP newb question?

[Tim Alberts]

Not really a question for a fedora user list, but this is the only list
I enjoy...


First, can I use a single LDAP server to maintain two different address
books (internal contacts / external contacts) and use it as an
authentication system for two (or more) Linux machines? I'm trying to
learn how to setup LDAP and I see all these tutorials for these tasks
separately, but nothing that really says I can do it all at once with
one server.


Second, if the computer running the LDAP server fails in some manner is
the database easily copied/mirrored to another server that can take
over?  Is it as easy as copy the config and data directory to the second
machine and turn on the server?  Or does LDAP have a built in structure
for maintaining information among a primary/backup server?