As you already know, LDAP is a specific database (plus a protocol for accessing it) for "directory services", mainly oriented to reading, only hierarchical, distributed scripts. It is mainly used for authentication, authorization, search / listing of users with their roles and data (and / or other objects) of some organizations.
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