I'm in a similar situation and am wondering if anyone has tried using the 389 
Directory Server and it's AD password and group sync?  The 389 project is the 
defendant to the Netscape|Sun|iPlanet|Fedora Directory Server and the open 
source basis that the Red Hat Directory Server is built from.
  - http://directory.fedoraproject.org/
  - http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync 

 cjs

On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Michael D. Parker wrote:

> The company that I am working for is embarking on replacing the current
> locally developed NIS/YP structure with something LDAPish.
> 
> We already have AD in house for the Windows stuff and would like to consider
> using the AD system. The AD people are quite restrictive and would not
> easily support extensive modifications.
> 
> We have needs to have the replacement include the support the full
> capabilities of the NIS/YP suite include netgroups, login restrictions to
> specific servers for specific users or groups of users, consistent passwords
> between the *nix and Windows environment,etc. Our environment is a mixture
> of Linux (suse, RH, Debian), Sun, IBM, HP and MPRAS as well as a NETAPP. So
> whatever we use must be totally inclusive to all environment.
> 
> We have looked at Likewise, but our management wants other alternatives to
> compare with.
> 
> What other things should I be looking at and what is you assessment of the
> alternative?
> 
> Thanks for your assistance.
> 
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