Hello, On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Mathias Gug <math...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Kai-Cheung > Leung<kcle...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Actually, 389 *is* part of the FreeIPA and the FreeIPA team (which I > > am an admin of) has also decided to get 389 in first, then include > > other parts of the FreeIPA so that Ubuntu can have the full FreeIPA > > system. > > > > Our long term goal is to have the full FreeIPA implementation in > > Ubuntu, and therefore as a first step, we now include 389 directory > > server in Karmic. > > > > I agree that having the FreeIPA project part of Ubuntu would be a > great step forward. There are multiple components from the FreeIPA > project and 389 Directory is only one of them. As there is already a > similar component available from the Ubuntu archive I'm not convinced > that packaging 389 Directory is the quickest way to get the > functionality of FreeIPA in Ubuntu. > > IMO the most useful components of FreeIPA are the new client daemon > (SSSD) and the admin tools: xmlrpc server and the web interface based > on turbogears. These don't have similar components in the archive and > provide the glue for the Directory, Kerberos and Dns server. Well, I will second this : compared to commercial products, what is really lacking is a [Web] UI that scale and integrate nicely with the different components : Directory, DNS and certainly other components like DHCP, TFTP, CUPS, Samba, etc. ;-) > > Has anyone tried to load the default FreeIPA DIT in openldap, setup > the MIT krb5 package to connect to openldap and experiment with the > admin tools? > > -- > Mathias Gug > Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > ubuntu-ser...@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Benoit des Ligneris Ph. D. President de Revolution Linux http://www.revolutionlinux.com/
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