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dartblazer

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Is there any software for Linux that is similar to Active Directory and Novell's NDS? I'm thinking of setting up a linux file server and would like to have the type of functionality that Active Directory or Novell NDS and Lotus Notes gives you, but without the cost.
 
What functionality do you want? LDAP is the standard that AD and NDS (as of NDS 8 I believe) are built around and conform to, but most of the functionality in NDS and AD come from the tools that use the directory, not the directory itself.
 
I'm looking to serve windows and linux clients. What i'd like to have is setup a group of linux users and windows users and let them automatically have a printer and the applications they need setup. And also to do some standardization of the desktop, like not letting them install programs or change desktop pictures(im one of those jerk admins 🙂).

I'd also like to get an alternative to Lotus Notes. Lotus is good, but expensive, and we're looking to absorb another company. And I definitely don't want to pay out the buttocks for Exchange. We use Lotus as an e-mail client, setting up meetings, calendar, sending job tickets, etc.
 
You can have Linux authenticate via LDAP with PAM but there's nothing like GPOs that I know of for Linux.
 
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