The Calculate Linux team is pleased to announce a new release of Calculate Directory Server.

Calculate Directory Server is intended for systems administrator who want to streamline a deployment of corporate services like LDAP and Samba/CIFS. The Server offers centralized storage for user accounts and group policies.

Main administration tasks like adding users and configuring services can be easily done using Calculate 2 utilities.

Features:

1. Centralized network users authorization using roaming profiles.
2. Samba, mail, jabber, proxy and ftp users login information stored in LDAP.
3. Calculate 2 package offers convenient tools for remote administration.
4. Manageable centralized software update for network clients (if Calculate Linux Desktop is used).
5. Tools for creating user profiles backups.
6. Can be installed on USB Flash or USB-HDD with ext4, ext3, ext2, reiserfs, xfs and jfs.

Changes:
1. DNS and DHCP now can be configured by Calculate 2 utilities:
DNS: cl-dns-recadd, cl-dns-recdel, cl-dns-recmod, cl-dns-zoneadd, cl-dns-zonedel, cl-dns-zonemod
DHCP: cl-dhcp-hostadd, cl-dhcp-hostdel, cl-dhcp-hostmod, cl-dhcp-netadd, cl-dhcp-netdel, cl-dhcp-netmod
2. Bind now configured with LDAP sdb (simplified database interface).
3. DHCP now adds host records to LDAP DNS.

Software versions:
Calculate-server 2.1.4, Bind 9.6.1-P1, Kernel 2.6.30.5, OpenLDAP 2.4.17, Postfix 2.5.7, ProFTPD 1.3.2, Samba 3.0.36.

ISO:
CDS 9.9: i686 - 577 MB, x86_64 - 614 MB

Update
1. Update Calculate installer to version 1.2.11 using description from here: http://www.calculate-linux.org/Trans...Overlay_on_GIT
2. Install sys-fs/squashfs-tools: "emerge -C sys-fs/calculate-squashfs && emerge sys-fs/squashfs-tools".

Download: http://www.calculate-linux.org/Download