Fedora directory users - Jun 2005 - quickstart?

I''d like to migrate my user authentication/home dir management to ldap,
and
I''m hoping this project will help.  I just want to migrate my current 
standard fedora setup (shadow passwd).  I don''t have time to learn all
about
arcance x.500, schema, etc.  Is there a quickstart available?

Can this directory service take the place of MS Active Directory and be
used to login Windows XP workstations without an AD Domain Controllers
present?

Thanks,
Max

Neal Becker wrote:
>I''d like to migrate my user authentication/home dir management to
ldap, and
>I''m hoping this project will help.  I just want to migrate my
current
>standard fedora setup (shadow passwd).  I don''t have time to learn
all about
>arcance x.500, schema, etc.  Is there a quickstart available?
>  
>
Hi,
  You don''t need to learn about arcane x.500 and schema to use LDAP for
a user/group store :-)

 As for migrating users and groups, I believe that you can find a perl 
script somewhere on http://www.padl.com.

 For managing users, you might want to have a look at one of my 
projects: Directory Administrator

    http://diradmin.open-it.org

 Also, I have written Perl command line tools for changing passwords and 
creating users, etc. I can make them available on my website during this 
weekend when I have more time.

BR,
--
Mike Jackson

LDAP Directory Consulting: http://www.netauth.com

Max Kipness wrote:
>Can this directory service take the place of MS Active Directory and be
>used to login Windows XP workstations without an AD Domain Controllers
>present?
>
>  
>
Sure, but it does not provide all of the active directory policies, or 
allow you to apply permissions to files on your machine based on domain 
groups, etc.

To get windows authenticating from standard LDAP, you need to use pGina:

    http://pgina.xpasystems.com/

BR,
--
Mike

LDAP Directory Consulting: http://www.netauth.com