On 11/6/06, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> So instead of using the usual Linux O/S permissions mechanism on an NFS
> exported directory, I could use LDAP to allow my wife and I to
> read-write-search/alter/delete in that directory? Is the plumbing to do
> this hairy and not worth the effort?
Yes, and that is indeed the primary purpose of directories, be it
eDirectory, Active Directory, OpenLDAP or whatever. Looking up phone
numbers or bible verses seem like a cute parlor trick, but not nearly
as useful to a small/medium business as centralized authentication and
authorization.
Whether it is worth the effort for you to set up, only you can answer.
Our pilot OpenLDAP project took a month to set up and get working
initially, but then was deployed without much ado. Management tools
seem to lag far behind the commercial alternatives, however.
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