[nflug] Sun DS

anthonyriga torrodimerda at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 21 20:33:36 EDT 2007


Yea thats a no brainer to save you time and
aggravation
--- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:

> :) I have OS X server, but didn't know open LDAP was
> on it I thought it 
> was Apple's idea of a directory server, it's a no
> brainer for me, it was 
> frighteningly easy to setup (cause I remember
> setting up a open LDAP 
> raw... with minimal functionality as far as security
> goes), now I just 
> have to learn how to use it correctly with samba,
> and add users.  I'm so 
> geekly excited, I feel as though a weight has been
> lifted... ahhh yes 
> "light" weight directory.
> 
> 
> 
> anthonyriga wrote:
> > What about fedora directory server?
> > --- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I think I'm going to stick with OS X openLDAP it
> >> works easily... what a 
> >> dream.
> >>
> >>
> >> Darin Perusich wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Mac Open Directory server is OpenLDAP if I'm not
> >>>       
> >> mistaken.
> >>     
> >>> Solaris for SPARC/x86 is available to no cost
> and
> >>>       
> >> can be downloaded 
> >>     
> >>> from Sun website. If you're more comfortable
> >>>       
> >> sticking with Linux you 
> >>     
> >>> can go the CentOS route which is RHEL, just grab
> >>>       
> >> the version which is 
> >>     
> >>> the equivalent version.
> >>>
> >>> eric wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>> Thanks, I found a 10.2 OS X server disk I think
> >>>>         
> >> I'll try that it is 
> >>     
> >>>> RFC compliant (so I read) for Macs Open
> Directory
> >>>>         
> >> but is different 
> >>     
> >>>> than LDAP.  This server will only be internal
> on
> >>>>         
> >> a 255 node network 
> >>     
> >>>> and will probably have information for about
> 500
> >>>>         
> >> users to start... 
> >>     
> >>>> what do you think... should I forget it?  I'm
> >>>>         
> >> going to plug linux 
> >>     
> >>>> server ldap clients into it, using samba users
> >>>>         
> >> and linux email users.
> >>     
> >>>> buying RH or Sun platform is far too expensive
> >>>>         
> >> for me... it would 
> >>     
> >>>> require me to buy a worthy server as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> Darin Perusich wrote:
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Your mileage may very but I'd start by looking
> >>>>>           
> >> at Sun's developer 
> >>     
> >>>>> forums at
> >>>>>           
> >> http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=761.
> >> Another 
> >>     
> >>>>> very good resource for SunDS is
> >>>>>           
> >> http://web.singnet.com.sg/~garyttt/.
> >>     
> >>>>> If you plan on using SunDS in a production
> then
> >>>>>           
> >> I strongly recommend 
> >>     
> >>>>> NOT stepping outside of Sun defined platform
> >>>>>           
> >> choices. Personally, 
> >>     
> >>>>> I'd stick with running it on Solaris, i.e.
> Sun's
> >>>>>           
> >> "platform of choice".
> >>     
> >>>>> eric wrote:
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Can I use Sun DS on any linux or strictly RH
> >>>>>>             
> >> only?  I scrapped fc6 
> >>     
> >>>>>> and installed Etch, but all I see for
> Directory
> >>>>>>             
> >> Server downloads is 
> >>     
> >>>>>> RH3 and 4?
> >>>>>> Any help would be great, thanks.
> >>>>>>             
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