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Re: [PLUG] I have an idea
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 05:02:04PM -0400, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2001 11:13:26 -0400, Mental wrote:
> > How useful would it be if you could manage user accounts/mail
> > delivery/aliases/whatever from one central place for multiple OS's?
> >
> > I've decided that pam, ldap and samba are just itching to be tied together
> > into one killer app.
> >
>
> I think LDAP is similar to Novell's NDS (eDirectory) or MS Active
> Directory,isn't it?
> Novell has NDS available for the unices I think (certainly Linux), so so
> why not use LDAP there as well, or use both?
>
> Do tell me if I'm missing the point entirely.....
The point being LDAP is an open standard. active directory and nds are not
(as far as I know). LDAP is essentially a usable subset of X500. Sort of
like html vs sgml. Kind of.
Is there even a parallel for nds as far as projects go? Who's doing the
unix nds stuff? Anything like openldap.org? Are there librarys you can
link to and a fairly mature api to develop against? Honestly, I dont know.
I hadnt considered it.
--
Mental
Height, Hell, Time, Haste, Terror, Tension
Life, Death, Want, Waste, Mass Depression
Old habits reappear
Fighting the fear of fear
Growing conspiracy
Myself is after me
Frayed ends of sanity
Hear them calling
Hear them calling me....
-Metallica "The frayed ends of sanity"
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