CentOS - Jul 2007 - Active Directory

Hello

For the moment I manage the user in the network with win 2000 Server.
I want to use an linux OS to manaxhe the network? Is this possible.

So. How can I organize and configure the Cent OS to use it as Active
Directory or something like this, and to open all the existing users
there, and then to shut down the win2000 Server and to Activate the
CentOS as domain controller?

Can someone help me in this?


Thanks


Regards
Adriatik ALLAMANI
PO. Box:  253/1
Tirana / Albania
Telephone: 00 355 4 257 368
Fax: 00 355 4 250 926
Email: aallamani at ert.gov.al

On Monday 23 July 2007 14:33:18 Adriatik Allamani wrote:
> Hello
>
> For the moment I manage the user in the network with win 2000 Server.
> I want to use an linux OS to manaxhe the network? Is this possible.
>
> So. How can I organize and configure the Cent OS to use it as Active
> Directory or something like this, and to open all the existing users
> there, and then to shut down the win2000 Server and to Activate the
> CentOS as domain controller?
>
> Can someone help me in this?
It really depends on what parts of AD are you using. To centralize 
user/password management and home directories OpenLDAP should be sufficient. 
But if you want to replace more sophisticated AD features (software 
deployment, etc.), ther is nothing good enough (and Open Source/Free) for 
Linux.
If your environment is mostly Windows based, I'd stay with AD.

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Allegro Team
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