On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 21:48 -0400, John Lucas wrote: > On Tuesday 27 November 2007 16:36, george kocke wrote: > > Is anyone using LTSP / K12LTSP with Apple's Mac OS X Server and Open > > Directory? > > > > We are expanding the use of Macs in our school and I'm looking to get OS > > X server to manage them. > > > > The Open Directory part of OS X Server looks like it may solve my > > authentication needs. Is anyone using this with LTSP or K12LTSP? > > > > I haven't done this yet (waiting for new Mac server to arrive), but I have > looked into doing this and it should be possible. Apple's "Open Directory" is > built with OpenLDAP (alongside other technologies) and their custom schema > are completely public. > > I have a fairly extensive background in LDAP and Linux, but very little Apple > admin time. At present I have one computer lab (20 stations) using Mac OS X, > authenticating from K12LTSP5EL (CentOS5) with smbldap (one primary and one > replicant server). This is temporary while we are waiting for the Mac > server(s) to get here so I can try OpenDirectory for cross-platform > authentication. The same SMBLDAP service is used by an LTSP server, several > stand-alone dataless Linux workstations (NFS /home), and a few Windows XP > workstations (NT Domain) as well as the Mac stations. Mac OS X servers should > be able to perform the same tricks plus provide better Mac support. ---- Like most things Apple, my understanding is that they forked OpenLDAP at 2.1.x and mostly misses all of the improvements/enhancements made since in favor of their own interface. It's probably fine for a small/medium size network.
If the feature set of Open Directory appeals to you, then you probably should check out Fedora Directory Server (free)... http://directory.fedoraproject.org these are impressive - even compared to Open Directory http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Screenshots Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
