[Samba] non-windows management solutions

[David Bear]

I would like a non-windows management solution for all the stupid
windows machines we have.  I will gladly exclude any of the win9x
machines from this -- so  I will be working with win2k and winXP
machines.  I would like to have the capabilities that AD offers -- but
I would rather not use AD.  These include things like group policy
objects, trusted user accounts data base, etc.  All the things a msoft
domain offers.  

I know samba make a good NT4 style domain controller --  But I'm
looking for a little more. 

I'm wondering what other solutions there are... may be a free Novell
Directory Service for unix?

-- 
David Bear
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