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Best FOSS Active Directory Alternative?
danboid writes "I'm an IT technician at a large school near Manchester, England. We currently have two separate networks (one for pupils, one for staff) each with its own Windows Server 2003 Active Directory box handling authentication and storing users' files. We're planning on restructuring the network soon and we'd like to be able to replace the two aging AD servers with a single, more powerful Linux server running an open source OpenLDAP implementation. The main contenders for this purpose seem to be Fedora Directory Server, OpenDS, and Apache Directory Server; but I've been unable to find meaningful comparisons among the three. I'd like to hear which solution Slashdot readers recommend. What is your experience with ease of implementation / maintenance? Any stories of similar (un)successful migrations? Any other tips for an organization wanting to drop AD for a FOSS equivalent?"
Are you for real? Can't tell the difference between Samba (Brazilian music http://example.com/) and Sambo (a children's book from 1899 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Black_Sambo)?
SambA not SambO.
Samba is a musical style as well as a convenient way of turning SMB protocol into a pronounceable word.
I explain this because prefer to believe you are not too bright instead of assuming that you are not too bright AND a troll.