[KLUG Members] LDAP and Active Directory

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Yes, bind and M$-DNS does work perfectly.  In fact, M$'s push
> on the use of SRV records is a GREAT thing and a good idea.
> Kudoos to them, those frumpy UNIX guys where just sitting
> there like dolts, happily twiddling millions of little text
> files.

The move was a good one by Microsoft, who is trying to get UNIX shops to
switch.  Unfortunately, it's an "one-way street" as AD requires your
whole Enterprise to be NT for it to work.  I.e., you can't be running a
legacy UNIX network and expect it to share info -- you've gotta take
down the various UNIX implementations and put NT/AD in control.

Of course, the implementation is far from complete in what us UNIX
admins want.

-- TheBS

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