[KLUG Members] LDAP & AD?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>> 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.  :-)

Which means.... "lags behind"

>> > 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.

Right, I'm specifically talking about the DSA.

> 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 ...

Mmmmm.  Websphere is very very nice, and DB2 kicks butt.  I certainly wouldn't
argue with this setup.

> 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 ...

I'd take Websphere/DB2 over PHP/PGSQL *ANYDAY* if cost and existing 
code were no
object.

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Adam Tauno Williams - http://www.whitemice.org