snaildarter
Technical User
Wonderful Forum Ya'll've got here,
I am migrating our small business (20 employees) from Novell 4.2 (and GroupWise) to Red Hat 7.3 (provided that I can make it work, cheaply). As you can guess, our needs are minimal. Just one real server. We need file serving, security on those files (replace NDS), and an Instant Messaging Server (replace GroupWise, only needed on LAN).
I am much more familiar with W2kAD and NDS than Linux, generally. My question is:
What would best replace NDS and GroupWise, given our simple needs (and small budget)? I would like it to be directory based.
With my minimal Linux experience, it seems that I can maybe get this done with OpenLDAP, SAMBA, PAM, and some kind of IM server that allows authentication through OpenLDAP (aiming for the one-logon thing). I would GREATLY appreciate anyone's suggestions and opinions.
If you think that I shouldn't bother with LDAP, please let me know that as well. It's just that I am familiar with that type of system.
Thank you
I am migrating our small business (20 employees) from Novell 4.2 (and GroupWise) to Red Hat 7.3 (provided that I can make it work, cheaply). As you can guess, our needs are minimal. Just one real server. We need file serving, security on those files (replace NDS), and an Instant Messaging Server (replace GroupWise, only needed on LAN).
I am much more familiar with W2kAD and NDS than Linux, generally. My question is:
What would best replace NDS and GroupWise, given our simple needs (and small budget)? I would like it to be directory based.
With my minimal Linux experience, it seems that I can maybe get this done with OpenLDAP, SAMBA, PAM, and some kind of IM server that allows authentication through OpenLDAP (aiming for the one-logon thing). I would GREATLY appreciate anyone's suggestions and opinions.
If you think that I shouldn't bother with LDAP, please let me know that as well. It's just that I am familiar with that type of system.
Thank you