[JDEV] Module API

[Will Morton]

Donn Cave wrote:
> 
> My point is not to push one approach, though.  I'm just asking,
> is there an application here for LDAP because of its technical
> merits, am I missing something about the problem?
> 
	If you're talking about a Jabber server in isolation, then I agree
there is absolutely no point in LDAP. However, if you have web, mail,
ftp and you need a common authentication mechanism, then flat files,
whether they be network- or local-mounted, quickly become impractical.
	As to it being hierarchical, it doesn't need to be. The LDAP xdb module
can have a fixed DIT base and put all the information in the one level
below that. Filesystems are hierarchical, too, and that doesn't stop us
using flat files. :o)

	W

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