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<term><option>--with-ldap</option></term>

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Build with <acronym>LDAP</><indexterm><primary>LDAP</></> support

for authentication and connection parameter lookup.

On Unix, this requires the

<productname>OpenLDAP</> package to be installed.

<filename>configure</> will check for the required header files

and libraries to make sure that your <productname>OpenLDAP</>

installation is sufficient before proceeding. On Windows,

the default <productname>WinLDAP</> library is used.

Build with <acronym>LDAP</><indexterm><primary>LDAP</></>

support for authentication and connection parameter lookup (see

<![%standalone-include[the documentation about client authentication

and libpq]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="libpq-ldap"> and

<xref linkend="auth-ldap">]]> for more information). On Unix,

this requires the <productname>OpenLDAP</> package to be

installed. <filename>configure</> will check for the required

header files and libraries to make sure that your

<productname>OpenLDAP</> installation is sufficient before

proceeding. On Windows, the default <productname>WinLDAP</>

library is used.

</para>

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