Denis Cardon wrote:
Hi Ossi,
1) we currently use ADS for experiments, we plan to replace MS Active
Directory Server with a more open LDAP Server
actually Active Directory is more than just a ldap server. It bundles
a customified ldap server, a kerberos server, a dns server, and some
ms rpc stuff. So apache directory server could not, by itself stands
for an active directory replacement (unless the only thing you need is
the ldap part).
Actually Apache Directory Server is more than just a ldap server too. It
bundles a *standard and compliant* ldap server
(http://directory.apache.org/community%26resources/open-group-certification.html),
a kerberos server, a dns server, a NTP server, a DHCP server, a SSO
solution (TripleSec) and a tool (Apache DirectoryStudio) which can't be
compared to LDP, because it would like comparing M$ Word (tm) to M$
Notepad(tm).
And when it comes to LDAP server compliance, please just read this :
http://www.symas.com/documents/Adam-Eval1-0.pdf
So we think that ADS could stands for an active directory replacement.
Even if you just need the ldap part.
*But*, because nothing is perfect, it has to be documented, tested,
fixed, etc. We need volunteers for that.
Open source projects are getting close to a replacement of ActiveDS,
and bundling ApacheDS + Samba4alpha3 + Bind/sdb_ldap should almost do
the trick, however it is not yet very polished and might need some
twicking.
I agree fully with the polishing and twicking needs !
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
