samba - Nov 2008 - Fwd: AD howtos: LDAP needed?

Sorry my bad I forgot to reply all.

Begin forwarded message:
> From: Mike Gallamore <mike@mpi-cbg.de>
> Date: November 7, 2008 12:35:20 PM GMT+01:00
> To: "degbert degbert" <degbert42@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Samba] AD howtos: LDAP needed?
>
> My understanding is AD was/is MS's implementation of LDAP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_directory
>  . AD added stuff on top of the base standard to support "group  
> policies". Essentially MS made an LDAP object structure for Windows  
> networks, that obviously, windows clients know what the objects in  
> the LDAP mean and so display them properly in Network Places or  
> whatever.
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:17 PM, degbert degbert wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry for two messages, but I thought it would make more sense to  
>> use one
>> message per question.
>>
>> Why do so many (but not all) AD howtos mention LDAP? Without  
>> configuring
>> LDAP I can use getent passwd or getent group to see the users in  
>> the AD.
>>
>> Is there a benefit to also editing nsswitch to query LDAP?
>>
>> Degbert.
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>> My understanding is AD was/is MS's implementation of LDAP.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_directory . AD added stuff on top
of the
>> base standard to support "group policies". Essentially MS
made an LDAP
>> object structure for Windows networks, that obviously, windows clients
know
>> what the objects in the LDAP mean and so display them properly in
Network
>> Places or whatever.
>> On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:17 PM, degbert degbert wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Sorry for two messages, but I thought it would make more sense to
use one
>>> message per question.
>>>
>>> Why do so many (but not all) AD howtos mention LDAP? Without
configuring
>>> LDAP I can use getent passwd or getent group to see the users in
the AD.
>>>
>>> Is there a benefit to also editing nsswitch to query LDAP?
>>>
>>> Degbert.
So there is no advantage to adding ldap to the mix? Excellent, I hoped
that was the answer :)