Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:18:50 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LDAP integration Message-ID: <17830.29050.791321.480369@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20070111035549.7c11a450@vixen42> References: <60737.24.71.119.183.1168496463.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> <45A5EA3B.9020000@datalinktech.com.au> <20070111035549.7c11a450@vixen42>
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In <20070111035549.7c11a450@vixen42>, Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> typed: > LDAP is nice organizing across many systems, but if you are just > dealing with one computer it is complete over kill for any thing. In that situation, it's not merely overkill, it's may actually be a bad idea. Can you say "AIX SDR"? How about "Windows registry"? Those system both took the approach of putting all the configuration information in a central database. This creates problems because the tools needed to examine/fix the config database require a complex environment - at least compared to a statically linked copy of ed. LDAP may not be so bad, but it still makes me nervous. On the other hand, if you've got a flock of boxes to manage, having a way to tell the rc subsystem "Go read config values from this LDAP server" seems like a very attractive alternative. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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