[KLUG Members] LDAP & AD?

[Bruce Smith]

> Does this wierdo package use AD for the license management, preferences,
> or what?  Having an *application* welded to a specific DSA seems quite
> odd.

I haven't found anyone that knows (or is willing to share) the technical
reasons why AD is required.  I'll keep asking around and maybe hook up
with someone that knows something.

> > I've looked at a few other LDAP servers, even thought they claim none
> > work with their package.  
> > FWIW, other LDAP servers that I would consider:
> >   Redhat Directory Server (formally Netscape?)
> 
> Supports fewer extended operations than OpenLDAP 2.3
> 
> >   Novell's
> 
> No idea.
> 
> >   MAC OS-X Server's
> 
> Is OpenLDAP.

Shuuuuush, don't tell the package vendor that!  :-)

BTW, it is _based_ on OpenLDAP.  :-)

> > Other ones I looked at and would rather run AD:
> >   IBM (DB2 backend)
> 
> Is these even a maintained product anymore?  I thought this was
> mothballed.

DB2 is maintained, don't know about their directory server.

BTW, never let a marketing department choose server software.
We told them our new web server had to run on Linux.  So they went out
and bought DB2, Websphere, and a bunch of other crap I never heard of.
But it all runs on Linux!  Well, it's only supported on RHEL 3.0, so we
now have that too ...

Yes, our current Apache/PHP/PGSQL web server, running on a 733MHz/512MB
P3 (with an average load-average of 0.01), will be upgraded to (4) Dual
Xeon 2.8GHz boxes, running all this commercial software ...

> >   Sun (no desire to add another Unix)
> 
> SunOne?  This thing sucks.

Even if it was the greatest, I wouldn't want to add another Unix into
our mix here.

 - BS