[Gllug] Linux based "not Active Directory"

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:03:36AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 08:14:11AM +0100, Richard wrote:
> > To clarify - I don't want an Active Directory implementation neccesarily. I
> > would like something that performs similar functions though. AD (for all
> > it's faults) has a very slick integration / implementation of LDAP,
> > Kerberos, DHCP, and DNS. I want one.
> > 
> > Any ideas? Has this all been left to Microsoft?
> 
> Try Red Hat Directory Server or it's free beer Fedora equivalent.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/directory_server/
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/
> 
> Ticks all your boxes, I think.

IMHO, you're better off going for FreeIPA which includes Fedora Directory
Server as one of its integrated components, adding a much nicer admin UI
and command line toolset, as well as adding in Kerberos for authentication


Dan.
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