On 9/18/05, Randall Shimizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would just be nice to be able to make a clean break from Windows > dependency...... It's a real impediment for many businesses to add another > server to migrate to Linux. >
AD is based upon LDAP. The difference is that AD does not use the standard LDAP mechanism for replication to other directory servers. So if you need to use AD and need to replicate to UNIX (LDAP) based directory servers, you can't without going through many pains to do so (Yes, M$ purposely did things this way in order to make it more difficult to inter operate). You can use Open LDAP on Linux in place of AD, shitcan all AD servers, and authenticate to the Open LDAP machine(s). I have a presentation and some links on using UNIX with AD (or AD with UNIX) somewhere but it's not available to me now (as I'm at work, and the presentation is at home somewhere). PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
