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On 18 February 2014 06:03:02 CET, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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>Hello list! |
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>I'm planning to replace an Active Directory server currently |
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>functioning |
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>*only* as an LDAP server, with a dedicated Linux-based LDAP server. |
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>Now, the function of the LDAP server is at the moment: |
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>* Provide the settings database for Axigen email server |
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>* Provide group membership for BlueCoat proxy (who allowed to access |
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>what) |
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>* Provide group membership for FreeRADIUS |
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>* Provide group membership for Fortinet VPN |
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>The day-to-day management will be handled be another division, and I'm |
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>quite sure that they prefer a GUI, so the solution really should have a |
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>GUI |
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>support (either Windows-based 'client' or web-based admin console). |
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>Apparently, there are now many implementations of LDAP in the *nix |
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>world, |
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>such as OpenLDAP, OpenDS, ApacheDS, and 389DS. |
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>Have any of you experiences with them? Which one do you think is the |
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>most |
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>mature and supported? And, quite importantly, which one has a GUI |
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>front-end? |
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>Rgds, |
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Openldap has a webbased gui: phpldapadmin. |
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Both are in the tree. |
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I use this myself for all the user accounts. Allowing me to only maintain a single repository for all the services and desktops. |
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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) |
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Joost |
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
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