Hello
Am 2013-12-10 12:40, schrieb Sven Schwedas: > On 2013-12-10 05:19, Burk Al wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am going through documentation and doing test setups (many) for a >> while to be able to use Sogo's native outlook connection feature. >> >> My problem is not mainly for the setup or configuration but to figure >> out the best suitable underlying architecture. >> >> The documentation says Samba4 is required for native outlook support, if >> an ldap server or AD is in-place as a user directory the sync scripts >> are not provided and also says Samba4 can act as an ldap server. >> >> If I am starting from scratch, why would I bother with a separate ldap >> server, since Samba4 is sort of an ldap server and a requirement anyway. >> Right? >> I guess not. >> >> I have checked Sogo's ZEG and a separate ldap server is implemented. >> I have also took a quick look at Zenytal Server 3.3, which includes sogo >> and openchange in order to provide native outlook connection feature and >> they have also implemented a separate ldap server as well. >> >> >> Now I am wondering what could I have been missing? Why would I want to >> go with an additional ldap server if Samba4 can act as one? > > That's actually a good question, as Samba4 seems to discourage the use > of dedicated LDAP servers ( > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_the_LDAP_backend_.28used_so_successfully_in_classic_Samba_domains.29_not_supported_with_the_AD_DC.3F > ). Sogo seems to work fine with a pure Samba 4 AD setup ( > http://www.foteviken.de/?p=1925 ). > OpenLDAP was nessecary because of the change password functionality in SOGo. As SOGo can now change passwords in SAMBA/AD too, there is no need for an additional LDAP server anymore. Kind regards, Christian Mack -- Christian Mack Gruppe Informationsdienste Rechenzentrum Universität Konstanz -- [email protected] https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
