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SGK
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‎06-27-2006 11:52 PM

‎06-27-2006 11:52 PM

OpenLDAP and Windows Active Directory

Hi,

Whats the difference between OpenLDAP and Windows Active Directory?

Both OpenLDAP and Windows AD uses the LDAP protocol?

Can windows clients authenticate using OpenLDAP server from Linux m/c?
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Ivan Ferreira
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‎06-28-2006 01:37 AM

‎06-28-2006 01:37 AM

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Re: OpenLDAP and Windows Active Directory

Both OpenLDAP and Windows AD are LDAP servers. Windows uses a mix of LDAP and Kerberos. You can use LDAP + SAMBA on Linux to act as a domain controller and authenticate windows clients, but this will be more similar to the domain controller infraestructure of NT 4.0 considering the features, but with the difference that you will be using LDAP instead of a local database.
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