Option 1 is partially accuate, you will only require a consultant, (could
also be 3rd party), for 3-5 days.
-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Sykes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Connecting Active Directory to an X.500 Database
As you probably had guessed, this is not an easy task!
However, I'd start by looking at a couple of products:
1) Microsoft MetaDirectory services.
- Designed for replicating and translating information between LDAP
compliant directories.
- Expensive - it's only available (for free) if you hire an MS
consultant for 30 days
2) Compaq's LSDU.
- Used internally within Compaq when they aquired Digital for synching
dir's.
- Bought on a per user basis so it's likely to be expensive
3) Visual C++/Basic. Write something to do the synch yourself using the
interfaces in to the AD, or just LDAP.
- Cheap
- Time consuming and probably a major headache!
I also noticed there's a schema extention on the MS web site which partially
implements the standard x500 user object. Apparently, this is supposed to be
included and fully functional in XP/.NET Server/whatever they call it.
Depending on the directory you want to synch you may need to look at this
for compatability.
hope this helps, and good luck!!!
Darren.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: [ActiveDir] Connecting Active Directory to an X.500 Database
> Hi,
>
> the CC of my University hired me to connect their w2k-Servers to an
> already existing X.500-Database by Syntegra (Ex Control Data) that
> does the user management on the UNIX-side.
>
> The final goal would be to make the w2k-servers replicate and
> distribute the data in the X.500 so that we can add/remove
> _really_many_ users on the UNIX-side, with each of them having only
> one user name, and maybe only one password that can be used on the
> whole campus.
>
> Has anyone attempted to do something like that, or maybe an idea what
> could be done to make this work?
>
> Unfortunately, there are no w2k-Experts around, and also there's not
> much documentation, and almost none the docu goes further than basic
> administration is concerned.
>
> I'd really be grateful for _any_ hints.
>
> Best regards!
>
> Alex
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