Michael Leone on Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:28:51 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] I have an idea


On 17 Apr 2001 17:02:04 -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?  

No. e-Directory and Microsoft Active Directory (i.e., MAD :-) are much
more than LDAP. A full directory service contains info on ALL KINDS of
things that are in a network - users, machines, addresses, access
rights, etc.

> Novell has NDS available for the unices I think (certainly Linux), so so
> why not use LDAP there as well, or use both?

You can use LDAP in conjuction with e-Directory and/or MAD.

> 
> Do tell me if I'm missing the point entirely.....
> 
> 
> -- 
> regs
> rupert
> 
> 
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