To Windows clients, it acts as an Active Directory domain controller, so it supports Kerberos authentication, group policies, etc. It also includes RFC 2307 support for seamless integration of Linux/UNIX clients.
As others have explained, the prevelance of Windows desktops is one reason why Active Directory is being widely deployed. One alternative that runs on Linux is PADL's XAD.
Try XAD from PADL.
To Windows clients, it acts as an Active Directory domain controller, so it supports Kerberos authentication, group policies, etc. It also includes RFC 2307 support for seamless integration of Linux/UNIX clients.
It's possible to support Active Directory clients using a Linux directory server, albeit not with NDS at this time. See XAD.
There is XAD.
As others have explained, the prevelance of Windows desktops is one reason why Active Directory is being widely deployed. One alternative that runs on Linux is PADL's XAD.
The XAD identity server from PADL provides single sign-on across Windows, Linux and UNIX. It is based on OpenLDAP and Heimdal Kerberos.
Or using XAD.