Essentially we need login control and the ability to populate information in the accounts such as departments, the catch, we need to have multiple departments. Essentially we liked pretty much everything Novell had to offer over AD except for the fact that it is Novell, well more importantly they don't make it for 7, which we wish to transition to before extended support ends for XP. On 2013-05-30 10:54 AM, "Adam Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** > > On 2013-05-30 10:46, Ace Tunes wrote: > > Hey all, > > I am wondering if anyone knows of solutions that are better than Active > Directory and Novell NetWare. > > - > Meako > > Speaking as a double Master Certified Novell Expert[1], pretty much > everything is better than NetWare. > > I don't particularly like AD, but it works. It even works fairly well > nowadays. Everything talks to it, everything integrates with it. > > Unless you have a specific reason to NOT deploy Active Directory, I would > recommend you use that. > > The $64,000 question is what sort of client support do you need. > > If you only need MacOSX clients, you can use Apple's OpenDirectory > product. It sucks randomly depending on the version of OS X Server you run > it on. It also has backward- and forward-compatibility issues beyond > belief. OTOH, it ships by default and it's native to the OS. > > If you only need UNIX clients (possibly including MacOSX now, not sure) > you can run OpenLDAP or RedHat's IPA. > > I'm not aware of any other products that even attempt to match the scope > of ActiveDirectory or eDirectory (which is what NDS is called nowadays, I > think). Whoops, eDirectory is now NetIQ eDirectory, it's not even Novell > any more. > > There are many solutions out there that do *part* of what AD/eD do, you'll > need to be more specific. > > -Adam Thompson > [email protected] > (204) 291-7950 > > [1]Yes, it used to be "Engineer" until APEGM realized that was actually > illegal unless I was also a P.Eng., which I'm not. > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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