On Feb 18, 2014 1:13 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > On 18 February 2014 06:03:02 CET, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > >Hello list! > > > >I'm planning to replace an Active Directory server currently > >functioning > >*only* as an LDAP server, with a dedicated Linux-based LDAP server. > > > >Now, the function of the LDAP server is at the moment: > >* Provide the settings database for Axigen email server > >* Provide group membership for BlueCoat proxy (who allowed to access > >what) > >* Provide group membership for FreeRADIUS > >* Provide group membership for Fortinet VPN > > > >The day-to-day management will be handled be another division, and I'm > >quite sure that they prefer a GUI, so the solution really should have a > >GUI > >support (either Windows-based 'client' or web-based admin console). > > > >Apparently, there are now many implementations of LDAP in the *nix > >world, > >such as OpenLDAP, OpenDS, ApacheDS, and 389DS. > > > >Have any of you experiences with them? Which one do you think is the > >most > >mature and supported? And, quite importantly, which one has a GUI > >front-end? > > > >Rgds, > >-- > > Openldap has a webbased gui: phpldapadmin. > > Both are in the tree. > > I use this myself for all the user accounts. Allowing me to only maintain a single repository for all the services and desktops. > > Not been able to get ms windows to authenticate against it though. But that requires further tools to be properly configured. (Think samba as a DC) >
Interesting... thanks for the heads up! MS Windows authentication is not necessary, since this AD server is not used for that purpose... Rgds, --
