Third-party documentation
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The following documents referenced are not written by python-ldap project
members. Therefore some information might be outdated or links might be broken.


*Python LDAP Applications* articles by Matt Butcher
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* `Part 1 - Installing and Configuring the Python-LDAP Library and Binding to an LDAP Directory <https://www.packtpub.com/article/installing-and-configuring-the-python-ldap-library-and-binding-to-an-ldap-directory>`_

    This also covers SASL.

* `Part 2 - LDAP Operations <https://www.packtpub.com/article/python-ldap-applications-ldap-opearations>`_
* `Part 3 - More LDAP Operations and the LDAP URL Library <https://www.packtpub.com/article/python-ldap-applications-more-ldap-operations-and-the-ldap-url-library>`_
* `Part 4 - LDAP Schema <https://www.packtpub.com/article/python-ldap-applications-ldap-schema>`_

    Gee, someone waded through the badly documented mysteries of module
    :mod:`ldap.schema`.


`LDAP Programming in Python <https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6988>`_
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Another article for getting started with python-ldap.



`RFC 1823 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1823>`_
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The LDAP Application Program Interface, mainly for LDAPv2.



`LDAPEXT draft <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api>`_
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The Internet draft of the discontinued IETF working group LDAPEXT is of
interest here since the OpenLDAP 2 libs implement this (expired) draft.


`OpenLDAP <https://www.openldap.org/>`_
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It's worth to have a look at the
`manual pages <https://www.openldap.org/software/man.cgi?query=ldap>`_ and the
`Developer's FAQ <https://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/4.html>`_.


`VSLDAP <https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/testing/checklist/guide/config_base.html>`_
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VSLDAP Interoperability Test Suite.
