Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Jul 2006 20:08 UTC, submitted by Jane Walker
"Not long ago, choosing Linux in the data center meant a tradeoff. You had to give up some capabilities in exchange for freedom from Microsoft lock-in. But that has changed. These days the features of Windows and Linux stack up against each other very competitively. For the most part, administrators can choose Linux or Windows today without losing out. Some differences, however, must be considered. In this article, I look at several of those differences."
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2005-11-12
> Does Linux have anything comparable to Active Directory for Windows?
It depends of which aspect of AD you're talking about -- LDAP directory or Kerberos KDC. If you're looking for a good LDAP directory for Linux there are a few solid alternatives. If you want a mature commercial solution, look no further than Sun Directory Server or perhaps a slightly inferior alternative RedHat Directory Server (both come from the same code base, only Sun Directory Server is a few years ahead in terms of features and stability). Novel eDirectory is also worth considering, but in my opinion is considerably more clumsy and complicated as a directory solution compared to the above mentioned alternatives. And of course there is OpenLDAP. As for Kerberos KDC, there are few mature open source projects with MIT Kerberos and Heimdal being most notable and widely used implementations.