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  From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:02:30 +1030

Re: Linux as an NT Server replacement

Glen Turner wrote:

> In Linux 2.2 you do have to watch the user count -- the limit is
> 16000 users (ie: not enough to put every uni student into LDAP and
> authenticate from there).

What's imposing this limit under Linux 2.2, the UID? (although I thought
even a signed 16 bit integer would give you a higher limit that this).

> I'd recommend the Cryus IMAP server over the default Washington
> Uni IMAP server.

I have the Cyrus IMAP server running at several sites now (as well as at
home), and it is one fine piece o' freeware.  The admin utility is Tcl
scriptable, thereby letting you write some nice web front-ends for the
most Unix-phobic of managers.

> The ISC DNS is much better than the MS version.

Too bad the ISC version for NT is still stuck on 4 :-( (although I have
read there are commercial versions, but they've been "GUI-fied" for
"ease of management").

> Microsoft's directory model varies significantly from the LDAP model.

"Still Embracing-and-Extending after all these lawsuits^Wyears."


Regards,
  Daryl Tester