Re: Synchronizing a NT4 PDC with OpenLDAP

[orhan alkan <orhan@anet.net.tr>]

hi,
i am interested on working such a project. i have some ideas about nt sync. first
of all you don't need to write a dll to hanle password changes. you know
microsoft anonsed ADSI . you can access nt 4.0 PDC's users information using adsi
sdk (e.g; using perl).
i suggest to use java as developing environment for this project. do you
interested developing sync. tool between database and ldap.
best regards
orhan alkan

Kervin Pierre wrote:

> "Petricevich, Paul" wrote:
> >
> > Hello, is there currently any software which will allow a NT4 PDC server to
>
> Not that I know of.  I began researching the project a few months back,
> but when I realized that iPlanet Directory server was free for 20,000
> entries with Solaris 8, I just settled for the the iPlanet sync.
> iPlanet NT sync is a pain at times so I'm still not opposed to work on a
> generic LDAP NT sync tool.
>
> A sync tool is worth it though.  We have all our labs, wether
> NT/IRIX/Solaris/Linux, using one user database, and the user can change
> their passwords from any of these stations, this is worth a great deal
> in saved administration cost.
>
> I have a few informational links if you are interested in working on
> such a tool, and a little code on the password notify DLL part (a NT DLL
> that notifies an external program that the user has changed their
> passsword).  That was the first part I was looking into (probably the
> easiest part to ). Then you'd need a OpenLDAP plugin/"server
> extension"/trigger (do those exist?) that notifies an external program
> whenever a user is added or a NT attribute has changed.
>
> -Kervin