oooo i finally found it in some mail archives...
http://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually there is this project:
>
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync
> http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download
>
> There is a spin off that i cant remember the name of, but it combined
> with that project and adds some additional ease of use with Active
> directory.
>
> That alone is a great start. as for what can be done it really boils
> down to what you want i to do. What about exchange do you use? what on
> those windows servers do you do what services and functions. knowing
> what services you are running will help us advise you on alternatives.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:25 AM, <sean@theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>> I know I am absolutely not interested in muddying the waters by trying
>> this with virtualized systems, maybe after I can actually get them to
>> work..... I posted previously that I have dedicated hardware to use.
>>
>> You are also describing a combined network and I have already abandoned
>> that idea, so putting another windows server together is not going to be
>> what I'm looking for. As far as I can tell Linux doesn't have an AD
>> equivalent except Samba 4 which isn't out yet.... Samba 3.x destroyed 2
>> domain controllers trying to join it..... Not going to try that again
>> anytime soon....
>>
>>
>> Sean Parsons
>>> I know that personally if you have just a desktop i would start with 3
>>> virtual machines.
>>>
>>> AD server (windows) Linux server for new AD and then A client workstation
>>>
>>> Virtualbox comes to mind as a nice portable interface for this. and it
>>> is cross platform.
>>>
>>> issue with that is you will need about 4gb of ram to function on this
>>> or there about.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, <sean@theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>> Ok, How would I build this sandbox as a list discussion?
>>>>
>>>> Sean Parsons
>>>>
>>>>> I personally agree that this would be great on list discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> even if it is using Linux to support a MS platform, it still would be
>>>>> educational for me at least.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:16 AM, <sean@theparsonsfamily.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Craig,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> Wouldn't it be more useful and instructive to keep your questions on
>>>>>>> list? You would benefit from a greater availability of opinions too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, it seems a bit unfair to want private advising and deprive the
>>>>>>> list of the knowledge that is gathered by solving problems which I
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> gather would be rather typical for many offices/businesses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is no need to make changes to an AD environment to add Linux
>>>>>>> servers and/or workstations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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> Stephen
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