Is there a similar Technology like Active Directory in Linux to Form a Domain
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I have seen a lot of people post how to get Active Directory users onto Linux. I have seen even more - including a post on Microsoft's own forums about making Active Directory the default authenticating LDAP server for a mixed network and using Linux as a client. Nobody seems to want to tell how to implement Active Directory as a service on Linux. Well, maybe I should say "nobody else". That's right. In my spare time, I am working on doing just that. I want to use OpenLDAP as a source of authentication in my mixed network. The drawback is that I have to configure it to fool Windows into thinking it is an Active Directory server. When you add in Samba, and WINS, you have all of the things necessary for Windows to mistake your Linux box as a Windows server, without using that crummy file system/GUI package put out by an undisclosed Redmond, WA, USA-based company. Keep an eye out for the threads on Active Directory implementation and WINS implementation after that. (I may even go so far as including one on WINE and MONO, making "OpenWindows" more of a reality. Keep me happy with caffeine and protein bars!)
I have seen a lot of people post how to get Active Directory users onto Linux. I have seen even more - including a post on Microsoft's own forums about making Active Directory the default authenticating LDAP server for a mixed network and using Linux as a client. Nobody seems to want to tell how to implement Active Directory as a service on Linux. Well, maybe I should say "nobody else". That's right. In my spare time, I am working on doing just that. I want to use OpenLDAP as a source of authentication in my mixed network. The drawback is that I have to configure it to fool Windows into thinking it is an Active Directory server. When you add in Samba, and WINS, you have all of the things necessary for Windows to mistake your Linux box as a Windows server, without using that crummy file system/GUI package put out by an undisclosed Redmond, WA, USA-based company. Keep an eye out for the threads on Active Directory implementation and WINS implementation after that. (I may even go so far as including one on WINE and MONO, making "OpenWindows" more of a reality. Keep me happy with caffeine and protein bars!)
Samba 4 will be able to act as a AD server.. just fyi..
I found 389 Directory Server (formerly "Fedora Directory Server") to be a great substitute. Coming from an AD background, it gave me the most features and granularity of environmental control over any other I tried. Not to say I have been looking for long, but I did look hard. I set out to replace Windows AD, and 389 DS worked the best.
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