On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 06:25 -0400, Tyrone Baseck wrote: > I didn't know there were separate project list or list servers for > specific Directory servers. I always used "umich.edu". > Is there a benefit to having a 1 main Directory server and a directory > server for each platform?
Maybe in some cases it is unavoidable. But, IMHO, there is certainly no "benefit". IMNSHO, it pretty much defeats the whole point of Directory Server technology. And DSAs are inherently complex services, and require fairly high degrees of familiarity to manage appropriately. Having several/many just means most won't get managed. > example: Sun to do the provisioning for all applications and > platforms. But you have Edirectory for Novell; ETrust for > TopSecret/RACF...etc
