Re: central database on one server, "dislocated" servers in many cities

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@interia.pl>]

Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:

> Through use of replication in slapd(8), you can do 1) through 4).
> 5) is not possible in slapd(8) as the "central" server would
> be the master server in the outlined scenario.


So you're saying there's no solution for that?
My case sounds so simple, what should one do to solve such a problem?

Tomek



>> 5) moreover, in each branch, clients should be able to change their 
passwords,

>>and Samba should be able to add machines to the database automatically.
>>These changes should be added to the local machine (to save time on a 
tight
>>bandwidth, prevent failures due to broken link etc.), which would then be
>>transferred to the central server, and from there, to the rest of the 
branch offices.