Yes, and no. Depends on who for and how you set things up. In our case, we have a master and a slave OpenLDAP-based LDAP directory servicing both UNIX and Windows logons via nss_ldap, and samba. Our user home directories are all stored on one machine, various network shares, printers, and other stuff on the 'backup' server. Every day we sync the data from one to the other via rsync (could do more frequently, but for reasons beyond the scope of this discussion we don't). Should for some reason the primary server fail, the BDC will accept logons, and a simple change of the login script to change drive mappings and we're all set with at the very worst, yesterdays data - without requiring any data recovery from backups, etc.
The system works well, but all of the details you don't need to answer your question. Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD, and shares similar traits especially so in the networking and kernel-land stuff... As such there is little to no difference running OpenLDAP on either. Just a matter of configuring and running slurp, (the replication facility within OpenLDAP). You can configure samba to read it's directory from more than one LDAP server, so even samba need not be restarted in the event of failure. The details of setting up OpenLDAP to use replication are the same for any db stored in OpenLDAP, regardless of the db's use or purpose - I'd point you on over to the how-to's which do a fairly good job of elaborating on how/why replication is done and will walk you through completing your setup. http://www.openldap.org/ has a great set of documentation, as does samba on the matter - try reading a bit and come back should you have any further more detailed issues arrise. Good luck, -- Nathan Vidican [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Msdigital Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] OS X Server and Duplication One question and a comment--- Is it possible to setup a G4 X Server into a duplicating server for my k12 LDAP Server? If not, what are the steps to creating a duplication server for my LDAP server using a PC. I am fairly new to LDAP, and as I play around with it more I am understanding the way it functions. But I am a bit confused about duplication server. As I understand it, a duplication server only duplicates login information( Username Password), but not home directory information. Only the Master has the home directory. IF the master fails, the nearest duplication server (slave) will allow user to login. Please correct me if I am wrong. --mark -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba