Re: [gentoo-user] LDAP server questions

[Pandu Poluan]

On Feb 18, 2014 1:13 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
>
> On 18 February 2014 06:03:02 CET, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.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,
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