[Samba] samba pdc & ldap vs mysql

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Petre Bandac wrote:
> hallo
> 
> I have a task to reorganize the network resources of a medium company
> (~150 computers, 80% windows) which in the current state is very chaotic
> 
> I was thinking of a system where the users are stored in a single place,
> from where applications like mail (postfix), squid and even a domain
> controller can retrieve information
> 
> from your past experience, which does a better job - ldap or users
> stored in a mysql database ? I would appreciate your feedback or some
> links (I already have googled around and found several sources from
> where I am reading right now)
> 
> I would like to have the same user/password for at least mail & domain
> logon
> 
> thank you for your time,
> 
> petre

At least as far as Samba goes, I could have sworn MySQL received less
attention as a backend (possibly even having been removed). There are
probably ways to sync MySQL with LDAP that are fairly painless, but this
really seems like something that one would do with LDAP anyhow.

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