Howard Chu wrote:
Marc Boorshtein wrote:
I was wondering if there is a method to synchronize the the
existing Active
directory of our company on windows 2003 server to Apache Directory
? .
You can write a script which export data from AD and import them to ADS
automatically. Or use a Virtual Directory to do the job.
If there is then can any one help me determine how is it possible.
Somebody else ? I have no easy clue here ...
Why are you trying to sync AD 2003 into ApacheDS (or any directory for
that matter)? AD can be accessed via LDAP just like ApacheDS (though
AD has its own, peculiarities). If you need to integrate an
application with AD but need to map attributes, transform data... then
there is either MyVirtualDirectory or Penrose. If you really want to
synchronize the two you could use Penrose's sync engine or the free
version of Sun's Identity Manager.
The main issue you will see with
syncing is you can't easily sync passwords from AD.
Hm, all you need is a listener for MS's password sync agent. It's a
trivial protocol, trivial piece of code. (And of course, the sync
agent must be installed on the AD side.)
At this point, the real question is Marc's question : why do you need to
sync AD with any LDAP server ?
To be more explicit, it's not 'is there any good reasons to do so?' but
much more 'What are your exact needs ?'
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
