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Red Hat releases Netscape Directory Server to OSS

Posted by Hemos on from the free-free-set-them-free dept.

parry writes "Red Hat has released the Netscape Directory server acquired from Netscape Security Solutions under a "GPL + Exception" license. The Fedora Directory Server is made up of a number of different pieces of software, each with their own licensing. "

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  1. What we need is: by nighty5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An easy to use Directory Service that:
    * childsplay to install
    * hides the LDAP schema from admins that don't need to know
    * a GUI / web console to add, delete, alter LDAP attributes
    * easy integration into the O/S with a few file changes: PAM modules
    * is easier to get going than OpenLDAP

    I hope that the new Fedora project will do something like this, I saw the admin toolkit but no source is available yet, only binary packages - since I run gentoo i'll wait... Might be interesting!