> My Questions: > 1) Does Sun Java Directory Server replace NIS and > sendmail completely, allowing a user to be created > once with both mail/calendar/contacts and file > sharing/printing schema, under a common umbrella?
Sun "Java Directory Server" is just that - an LDAP directory server (used to be Netscape directory server, before it was bought by Sun Microsystems). Having written that, the possibilities of encoding the information necessary for your environment are probably limitless, meaning you can configure the directory server to serve out any kind of information you find necessary, as long as the client talks LDAP, and knows what to do with the information that the directory server provides him with. > 2) Will Solaris CIFS server allow for the parallel > use of these ldap user accounts to file share to > windows clients? Thus allowing one single enterprise > structure to be run and described on Solaris servers > to both Windows and Unix and potentially Linux > clients? The mail serving is easy because mail > protocols are OS independent. See the answer to 1). For what it's worth, Microsoft(R) Active Directory is just another LDAP directory server, serving out Microsoft-specific information, and supporting Kerberos with Microsoft extensions. That should be the hint that you seek. > 3) How well does LDAP on OpenSolaris clients work in > a portable environment. Can laptops work away from > the server and sync data upon returning to the server > connection. Can SSH and SSHFS provide a solution for > off-site connectivity? To my knowledge, there is no such thing as SSHFS on any variant of Solaris, but the first two things that come to my mind would be 1. rsync 2. Mercurial. > 4) Have I asked too many questions for one > thread?...... Probably. I think your questions just lack focus. Once you master any single directory server and the LDAP protocol + format, you'll have focus. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
