[TriLUG] Novell eDirectory? Anyone?

[Chris Hedemark]

On Tuesday 19 February 2002 03:20 pm, you wrote:
> But if the house already has some experience with Novell technology, it
> will be a smart move.

No, there is no Novell here, and no desire for Netware.

Most of the desktops are running some flavor of Windows, and this is not 
anything that can change anytime soon due to dependence on very proprietary 
industry-specific applications.

Very few desktops are running Linux.  That number may grow a little bit.

The back end infrastructure is mostly Linux and OpenBSD.  There are two 
Microsoft servers.  If Novell eDirectory (formerly NDS) can replace the 
Microsoft domain controller totally, I can eliminate one of those Windows 
servers entirely (but not the other, again, due to very proprietary industry 
specific software).

I've been very careful here to recommend and implement open specification 
technologies (though not ALWAYS open source...).  Novell has the appearance 
of embracing open standards so this is one area where I'm strongly 
considering an otherwise proprietary product.  I've heard way too many horror 
stories about OpenLDAP and this really needs to be a reliable solution.

Thanks,
Chris