At 10:39 PM 12/20/2002 -0700, you wrote: >> ldap = is it proven techology for this purpose? >> > > LDAP is a general purpose thing now, you can really put anything in >LDAP. LDAP from companies such as Sun (Sun ONE Directory Server) have >extra plugins and if you don't mind using one of those the licensing is >ultra cheap I think it was $1 for upto 100,000 licenses. It has some >"plugins" to do some things like NT passwd syncs etc etc. It works with >RH 7.2/7.3 I haven't tried it on 8.0 though. > > So LDAP is quite a proven technology, by extension its the software >that plugs in which you should question, SAMBA is quite reliable for >this and with LDAP its quite portable. You will have to compile the >SAMBA software for use as the RH one is not LDAP-aware or not compiled >with LDAP switches. > >> I just wondering what are the auth model/directory service used by large >> company with *nix environment. > > Well I know that many people prior to using LDAP/NIS/NIS+ and may still >use the /etc/passwd system as well as the smbpasswd systems to deal with >such things. Sun has a product that they give out for free like SAMBA I >have no clue if it runs on Linux or is a purely Solaris things but I >guess that people (I for one) have started to use and give LDAP serious >thought as its back to centralized services, LDAP replicates well so you >are in good shape. > > Large companies with a large user base would find such technologies >useful, I know HP/Compaq use LDAP for instance to do alot of things in >their backend. Useful !
Aly, Thank for your clear response. now it seems ldap was the best choice, the next questions :) 1. What is 'standart' file sharing? nfs, smb/samba or any other? 2. Currently we have MS Exchange installed, user was using mapi which give good full list of recipient. i think we can achieve it using ldap, even user have to search first. exchange were made it simple and make user very lazy to type :( what is better replacement or 'standart' way to access mailbox? imap pop3 or any other? > > Cheers, > > Aly. --budhi -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
