Hi Abhinav, The idea of this project is that XWiki backend fits well as LDAP backend since they share the same structure: objects defined by classes and stored in entries (documents in XWiki). The first goal is to make XWiki usable through LDAP as an authentication server. For this GSOC the following example should work: XWiki already have an LDAP client authenticator so the target will be to have an instance of XWiki authenticate on another instance of XWiki trough LDAP. What is missing for this use case is to make XWiki a LDAP server. First thing to look at I think is http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/ which provide embedded LDAP server in Java already and see if you can reuse it but with a different backend than the default ApacheDS backend. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:07 PM, "Abhinav" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi, My name is Abhinav and I am very interested in the "LDAP server implementation"project you’ve recently posted on GSOC-2013 project ideas list. I am currently doing my Masters in Computer Applications at Anna University, Chennai, India. I have been interested in working with Java and LDAP Server and was hoping to find out a little more about this project. So I would be able to effectively shape my proposal for this project, demonstrating why I am a quality candidate for this project. I am looking forward to a reply from you. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

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