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Re: [PLUG] I have an idea
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:52:48PM -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> 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.
Users: got it
addresses: got it
access rights: I think I have it, need a better definition
machines: need more info
Active Directory is essentially an extended ldap directory that uses
kerberos (I believe) for authentication. The linux journal had an article
about it a month or 3 ago.
It'd be good to know what features I'm missing. That way I can fix it.
--
Mental
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