Thanks for the Info. We just can afford the upgrade to leopard server because of money issues, so I'm looking for a free alternative.
Erick On Oct 30, 2008, at 7:06 AM, ps wrote: > On 29 Oct 2008, at 9:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello >> >> My name is Erick I'm the system admin for two Mac based labs at >> Idaho State University. We are currently running an open >> directory server off of Panther server. We upgraded to leopard >> clients and open directory doesn't work that well. I'm thinking of >> migrating our server to Yellow dog linux, but need to know if you >> can serve Macs and open directory from Linux. Has anyone >> done this. My machine is a Dual dual core 2.5 Ghz G5 with 8GB of >> RAM and 2 TB of storage. >> >> Any Suggestions? >> >> Erick > > Hi Erick, > > While running YDL is possible on the machine you specify I think it > might be more problematic replicating Open Directory in an LDAP > database. My feeling is that you'd be able to get some of the basic > schema and authentication down, but to what degree of functionality, I > don't know. I'd check out the Open LDAP community for more leads in > that area, and possibly even afp548.com and macenterprise.org. > > You mention upgrading your clients to Leopard, but not the server. > Panther's OD is largely dependent on the gone-from-Leopard NetInfo > schema. Leopard has completely ditched NetInfo*. Tiger clients are > more or less fine with a Panther server, but if you have Leopard > clients you will save yourself a bunch of headaches by upgrading to > Leopard Server. Leopard server can authenticate older clients, but > the opposite, as you illustrate, doesn't do so well. Perhaps this > would be a more direct and faster method? > > *For a good article on this, see: > http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=LeopardServerReview- > LocalDirectory&query=netinfo > > cheers > :peter > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
