I'm actually considering a similar exercise. I understand to run OpenLDAP you would need some database like PostGRE or mySQL (someone, can't remember who, said you need PostGRE)
Roland > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John H Terpstra > Sent: 21 September 2004 17:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba as Active Directory replacement - > is it possible? > > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:49, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've been trying to figure out if it's possible to replace Active > > Directory with Samba (+ OpenLDAP, Kerberos, DNS etc.) on > Linux - but > > from what I've found I'm not sure. > > > > Is it possible, or partially possible (I don't need every > feature of > > AD)? What additional software (besides Samba) will I need? > > > > What functionality will I loose? > > > > Where can I find any HOWTOS/documents on this? I spent an hour > > googling but found nothing promising so far. > > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-Guide.pdf > > Check chapters 5,6,7,9 > > If you need more information contact me direct. > > - John T. > > > > > > > Tomek > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Startuj z INTERIA.PL... >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1834 > > -- > John H Terpstra > Samba-Team Member > Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 > > Author: > The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: > 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening > Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 OpenLDAP by Example, ISBN: 0131488732 > Other books in production. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
