# Rails front-end to OpenLDAP directory

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-front-end-to-openldap-directory/143794>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 22, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-front-end-to-openldap-directory/143794 "2008-07-22T20:23:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mitchell\_Smith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mitchell\_Smith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mitchell_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-front-end-to-openldap-directory/143794/1 "2008-07-22T20:23:20Z")

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Greetings,

I am trying to locate some doco on building a rails front-end to an LDAP  
directory.

If anyone has some pointers on how to go about modelling my LDAP  
directory structure in such a way that it behaves like a regular rails  
database (yes I know square peg in round hole) any tips would greatly be  
appreciated.

Cheers,

Mitch

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**Author:** ![Mitchell\_Smith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mitchell\_Smith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mitchell_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-front-end-to-openldap-directory/143794/2 "2008-07-22T20:29:11Z")

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On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 04:00 +1000, Mitchell Smith wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I am trying to locate some doco on building a rails front-end to an  
> LDAP directory.
> 
> If anyone has some pointers on how to go about modelling my LDAP  
> directory structure in such a way that it behaves like a regular rails  
> database (yes I know square peg in round hole) any tips would greatly  
> be appreciated.

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you might find the heavy lifting is already done…

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-activeldap/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-activeldap/)

Craig