IME, small-ish environments (1-100 users) pretty much tie into AD not because they have to, but because they're using Exchange, SQL Server, or some other Windows server product already, and (as others have noted), sometimes the path of least resistance (and effort) is to install AD onto a few servers, and go from there.
Larger environments (100-10,000) users are more likely to have a mix of AD/LDAP (i.e. a non-AD LDAP)/NIS/etc., but the thing worth noting is not that AD has *replaced* all other Directory Services, but that in a large number of work environments, AD is likely to be *part* of the mix, even if it's only used for one department, or one service. So, perhaps the assumption that "AD has pretty much taken over Dir Services" might be better phrased as "environments that use/require Dir Services will likely require some AD experience". On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > I seem to see in many Linux Sys Admin job postings a requirement for AD > experience. Is this is a case where > you have Linux/Unix servers but run MS Win on the desktop and the MS Win > clients don't play well w. OpenLDAP and/or NIS? > > Am I incorrect in my perception that AD has pretty much taken over Dir > Services except for shops that are all Solaris, Novell, or old-school > Unix purists who still use NIS? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
