On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Damien Bateman wrote: > > > It will be a long while before Linux comes > > up with anything that can compete with Microsoft's Active Directory, its > > an awesome product, and if you get over your negative diatribe, and > > learn a bit about it, you too will find that MS has a lot to offer. > > Active Directory? Oh you mean the combination of LDAP and DNS.
1. AFAIK (nut much but still :-) AD is full X500 (don't know how compliant tho) You may not need a full X500 in most situations but that's another story. > Yeah it will be a long before LDAP and DNS are invented for Linux. 2. Have you actually tried to implement LDAP based authentication under Linux ? Because I just did and I can tell you that is anything but trivial. Yes it looks great on paper but there are thousands of devils in the details and the docs are quite murky in many areas. Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
