[olug] Open Source/Linux - Directory Services

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Tue Aug 31 15:17:56 UTC 2010


Sun's directory server - currently called Sun Java System Directory
Server - is based on the old Netscape Directory Server... which Red Hat
purchased and open sourced:

http://directory.fedoraproject.org/

Incidentally, it is packaged into a product called FreeIPA
(http://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page). You're better off using that
rather than hacking together your own solution - your successors will
thank you.

On 8/31/2010 9:37 AM, Bill Brush wrote:
> I see.
> 
> Well I have had experience with AD, eDir, OpenLDAP and I have to say I
> think eDir is pretty much the best directory available.  Can I ask
> what kind of problems you're seeing?
> 
> Sun (who owns them now?) had/has a directory but I have no experience
> with it.  For FOSS I think OpenLDAP is pretty much the only thing that
> comes close to being a mature product.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us



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