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. > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/